Wardenship Resources
- Quaker faith & practice - Section 13.32 - 13.38 is on Wardens, Resident Friends and Caretakers and their employment.
- Helpline - To contact the Wardenship Secretary for advice, or for further information, please email wardenship@quaker.org.uk or call 020 7663 1096.
- Employers resources - good practice and legal obligations for employers
- Briefing Papers - Staff monitor developments in relevant legislation and their effects on wardenship arrangements to produce Wardenship Briefing Papers
- Useful Links - For a list of external links go to Resources List for Quaker Employers.
- Fire Assessments - for information about carrying out fire assessments at your meeting house please go to to Fire Assessment.
Wardenship E-group
Wardens, resident friends, caretakers, volunteers, employers and all who are concerned with wardenship are invited to join an email group which allows you to share ideas and information with one another. You may be surprised to find out who else is looking for an answer to your problem and who might have already managed to solve it.
Topics explored include:
- National Quaker Week
- Greening Meeting Houses
- Area Meeting Leaflets
- Recommendations for furniture and loop systems
- Sharing Health & Safety policies and software for room bookings and invoicing
- Living on the job
- What happens when a warden is ill?
- Discussion in the media about getting rid of Meeting Houses
- Request for transport to conference
- Cost of installing CCTV
- Confrontation with challenging behaviour
- Warning about confidence trickster
- Evacuation chairs
- Vandalism and rats
If you wish to be included in the ongoing discussions please go to http://lists.quaker.eu.org/mailman/listinfo/wardenship and sign on. You will be emailed future postings and be able to access the archives of previous discussions. Signing on to the group does not commit you to anything except enjoying the benefit of others' experiences - you will not be expected to contribute if you don't wish. If you experience any difficulties, please email wardenship@quaker.org.uk
