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+++ b/7vt/report.xml	Mon Jun 01 18:00:47 2009 -0400
@@ -131,6 +131,9 @@
 the Scottish wild life garden in Johnston Terrace. This is very welcome for all
 but particularly for the children---a garden opens up lots of possibilities for
 fun and learning.</p>
+    <p>Over the years the Meeting House has hosted many link group weekends. These have allowed young people from all over Scotland to come together for a residential weekend, to share their thoughts and feelings in a safe environment, to learn more about being a Quaker and benefit from being with like-minded young people.</p>
+    <p>It is hard to quantify/evaluate just how important these events are, but speaking to young Quakers now in their twenties and thirties they say how important these events have been for their own spiritual development. If we are going to keep our young people we need to care for and nurture them. 7 Victoria Terrace is an ideal place to do this.
+</p>
    </div>
    <div>
    <title>Building structure</title>
@@ -436,8 +439,95 @@
    <title>The present</title>
    <div>
     <title>Building use</title>
-    <p>MfW, QGroups, lettings: rough breakdown by hours and days of week</p>
-    <p>Including information from questionnaires</p>
+    <div>
+     <title>Meeting for Worship</title>
+    <p>
+At present there is a meeting for worship on Sunday mornings at 11.00am which sixty
+plus people attend. After meeting there is coffee or tea in the library, and then a simple lunch (soup, bread and cheese) in the hall. Central Edinburgh is a big meeting and people value the opportunity to get to know each other better over lunch.</p>
+<p>There is a mid-week meeting for worship on Wednesday at 12.30pm which up to twenty people attend. Some people like a smaller meeting or perhaps cannot always manage a Sunday. This meeting for worship lasts about thirty minutes and is also followed by a simple lunch.</p>
+<p>People who completed a questionnaire felt the library was a good place to have this meeting for worship and lunch afterwards.</p>
+<p>People felt it was important to have a central location that is normally accessible by
+bus. The building itself is not so good for the less physically able and some people do rely on buses coming close to the Meeting House. Access within the Meeting House is good but the toilets need improving.</p>
+<p>There is also now an early bird meeting for worship on weekdays at 8.00am lasting thirty minutes. This is a small meeting, but valued by those who come.</p>
+<p>Elders are currently looking at having another meeting for worship on Sundays, either at 9.30am or Sunday evening.</p>
+<p>Children’s meeting for worship takes place every Sunday. The children meet at 11.00am for their own programme and join the adult meeting at 11.45am</p>
+<p>On the second Sunday of the month there is an all age meeting for worship held in the hall to which all are welcome. This meeting for worship is programmed, normally lasts thirty to forty minutes, and is well attended by families and other regular attenders from the meeting.</p>
+<p>We occasionally have “special” all age worship such as the welcome of new babies and
+children. This is an Area Meeting event, and others from Area Meeting come along to be
+part of this. The most recent of these took place in December 2008 and was held in the meeting room. It was very positively received. This event can only take place at 7 Victoria Terrace because of the need for a large meeting room in which to hold it.</p>
+    </div>
+    <div>
+     <title>Lettings</title>
+     <p>Since 2000 income from lettings has increased gradually until 2008 when there was a small decline.</p>
+<p>The main use of the Meeting House as a venue is for voluntary and community groups who want a relatively cheap but central location for one-off meetings, or a series of meetings, or one day conferences with a good ambience. (People frequently say they do not like the formal service they get from hotels). We are not in the market for corporate events.</p>
+<p>This means our clients cannot afford commercial rates that would bring us a clear profit. However the small number of rooms available limits the number of staff required for cleaning and catering.</p>
+<p>7 Victoria Terrace is not in the same league as other large Meeting Houses such as Friends House or Manchester Mount Street, to be a large Quaker centre.</p>
+<p>The Meeting House is open every day from 9.00am – 10.00pm and five hours on Sunday. The managers, Anthony and Sue Buxton, are employed for twenty hours a week each but in fact work nearer thirty-four hours a week.</p>
+<p>Tom Nisbet, assistant warden is employed for three days a week. In addition there are a number of staff working a varying number of hours a week.</p>
+<p>To give an idea of the pattern of non–Quaker lettings we have taken a recent six-week
+period and have looked at the groups who used the Meeting House and how long the lets
+were for. The two figures below summarise the results.</p>
+     <figure>
+      <table>
+       <thead>
+        <tr>
+         <th>Group</th>
+         <th>Number of people</th>
+         <th>Room</th>
+         <th>Rent charged</th>
+        </tr>
+       </thead>
+       <tbody>
+<tr><td>CAAT (charity)</td><td>10 -15</td><td>Bow  </td><td>£14.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td>AVP (charity)</td><td>10 -15</td><td>Bow</td><td>£15.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td>Wood Craft Folk</td><td>5</td><td>Bow</td><td>£35.00 </td></tr>
+<tr><td>British Stammering Support Assoc.</td><td>10</td><td>Bow</td><td>£50.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td>J. Johnson</td><td>20</td><td>Library</td><td>£62</td></tr>
+<tr><td>Soc. of Homeopaths</td><td>20</td><td>Meeting</td><td>£200 (3 sessions)</td></tr>
+<tr><td>Family Fed. of World Peace Development</td><td>0 -15</td><td>Library</td><td>£88.00 (3 sessions)</td></tr>
+<tr><td>Edinburgh Drug &amp; Alcohol Action Team</td><td>20</td><td>Hall</td><td>£105 (5 sessions)</td></tr>
+<tr><td>Blake &amp; Stevenson</td><td>4 – 5</td><td>Bow</td><td>£64</td></tr>
+<tr><td>I.A. Support Group</td><td>30</td><td>Hall &amp; library</td><td>£45.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td>Scottish Natural Heritage</td><td>20</td><td>Hall</td><td>£45.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td>Parkinsons Disease Soc.</td><td>10</td><td>Bow</td><td>£60</td></tr>
+<tr><td>Collective Gallery</td><td>10</td><td>Bow</td><td>£60.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td>Built Environment Forum</td><td>20+</td><td>Hall</td><td>£75</td></tr>
+<tr><td>C.E.C. Welfare Rights</td><td>4+</td><td>Room 5</td><td>£80.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td>Ramblers</td><td>20</td><td>Meeting</td><td>£32.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td>College of Occupational Therapists</td><td>10</td><td>Bow</td><td>£50.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td>Fruit-market Gallery</td><td>4</td><td>Bow</td><td>£40.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td>Social Research Assoc. Scotland</td><td>6</td><td>Bow</td><td>£80.00 </td></tr>
+<tr><td>Scottish Handcraft Circle</td><td>20</td><td>Library</td><td>£40.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td>No 2 I.D.</td><td>20</td><td>Meeting</td><td>£32.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td>Darfur training Committee</td><td>4 – 6</td><td>Bow</td><td>£30.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td>Action learning Group</td><td>10</td><td>Bow</td><td>£30.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td>Alzheimer Scotland</td><td>10 – 12</td><td>Library</td><td>£28.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td>Alzheimer National</td><td>50</td><td>Meeting &amp; Hall</td><td>£156.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td>British Assoc. of drama Therapists</td><td>20</td><td>Hall</td><td>£198.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td>World Development Movt.</td><td>6</td><td>Bow</td><td>£72.00</td></tr>
+<tr><td>Spiritualist Friends of Edin</td><td>4 - 5</td><td>Room 5</td><td>£82.50 (11 sessions)</td></tr>
+<tr><td>Scottish Traditional Dance &amp; Music Society</td><td>10</td><td>Hall</td><td>£27.00 (11 weeks)</td></tr>
+<tr><td>Social Enterprise Academy</td><td>8</td><td>Hall(?)</td><td>£105.00 a day</td></tr>
+<tr><td>Parkinsons Disease Soc. Stirling</td><td>10</td><td>Bow</td><td>£50.00</td></tr>
+       </tbody>
+      </table>
+      <caption>Non-Quaker groups using the Meeting House: number of people, the rooms used and the rent charged</caption>
+     </figure>
+     <figure>
+      <p>??? didn't get anything for this from Madeleine ???</p>
+      <caption>How long the lets were for and the number each week</caption>
+     </figure>
+<p>It was not possible to know from the non-Quaker groups how they rated the premises. However there were over thirty groups using the building which feels very positive.</p>
+<p>It is unclear if we should or could increase income by raising the letting rates. Trustees are aware the lettings levels have fallen, especially daytime use. A possible reason for this could be greater competition in the area for the level of provision we offer. Our letting charges are comparable with other churches/halls in the area.</p>
+<p>On the plus side it is an advantage having managers on site and we
+have a good informative website.</p>
+<p>At the end of the day the staff are not here to run a business but to be the face of Quakerism in Edinburgh.</p>
+    </div>
+    <div>
+     <title>Festival Fringe</title>
+     <p>The use of the building for the Festival is a major undertaking (see 3.3.4). The main hall is made into a small theatre with raked seating. Several small theatre groups rent this space during the Festival.</p>
+<p>There is also the Rainforest Café that runs at the same time – from around 10.00am – 6.00pm. The income form this has increased over the years but again last year there was a drop. The main income is from the theatre lettings but the café does not make much of a profit but adds to the feel and ethos of the venue.</p>
+    </div>
     <div>
      <title>Summary of input from Quaker Groups which use the Meeting
 House</title>