Meeting Rooms Survey

Location:  Painswick, Bisley Street

Room name:  Painswick Centre – Main Hall

1.  Publicly availability:

Please indicate whether room is generally available for public hire, whether there are any time or other restrictions on its use.

Generally available, not time restrictions

2.  Room size:

Please indicate floor area and shape, and ceiling height.

Floor area 15m x 9m; Raised platform at rear 3m x 9m; and fully equipped stage area at front end 6m x 9m.

Open timber framed ceiling; eaves 4.8m ridge 9.6m.

Can seat up to 200 persons, theatre layout; or about 100 for dining layout.

3.  Appearance:

Please describe the decorative state of the room (e.g. style and when last decorated).

Arts and Crafts barn style.  Timber roof/ceiling.  Block or ply-clad walls painted cream/light green (2005).  Wood strip sports/dance floor.

4.  Lighting:

Please describe the nature of artificial lighting and its effectiveness.  Please also describe whether darkness can be created during the day e.g. for slide shows etc and its effectiveness.

Multifunction lighting.  Blackout curtains.  Dimmable lighting for roof and hall and special effects.  Comprehensive stage lighting facility.

5.  Heating:

Please describe the room heating arrangements and their effectiveness in cold weather.  Please also comment on any ventilation or air conditioning available and its effectiveness.

Gas fired hot water heating via fan boosted convector heaters.  Hot air curtains at entrance doors.  Effective in cold weather after warming up time since heat rises into large roof area. 

No air conditioning.  Some openable doors and windows.

6.  Seating and Tables:

Please describe how many seats are available, and indicate their style (eg wood/foldaway/small/benches/etc) and quality.  And similarly for tables.

150 stackable plastic chairs.

8 foldable tables 2m x 1.2m; 4 tables 1.2m x 1.2m; and 15 narrow tables 1.2m long.  Additional table available.

7.  Toilet facilities:

Please indicate the number of toilets available and their nature

Disabled toilet plus separate ladies (2 cubicles) and mens (urinal and 1 cubical).  High quality, new in 200x

8.  Parking:

Please indicate what parking arrangements are available

Shared parking with other Centre users, on ‘first come’ basis.  Up to 26 spaces available (8 have priority users during business hours).

9.  Presentation facilities:

Please describe what presentation equipment is available.  Presentation facilities include: projectors for slides and/or film and/or computer images, screens, microphones and audio equipment (including for recorded music), staging and special lighting for staging, etc.  Please also indicate its effectiveness, and whether users are allowed to bring and use their own equipment.

Roll down projector screen.

Stage lighting.

Sound system available by arrangement with Painswick Players.

10.  Kitchen facilities:

Please describe what kitchen facilities are available.  Eg crockery / glasses / washing up / fridge & freezer / cooking.

Kitchen 5.2m x 3.3m

Crockery including teapots, glasses

Sink, glasses washer, fridge, cooker with fan hood, worktops

11.  Bar facilities: 

Please describe what bar facilities are available and any restrictions.

Bar 3m x 3.3m; with keg ales, wines, etc.  Licensed for the sale of alcohol under supervision only.

12.  Foyer facilities:

Please describe what foyer facilities are available (outside the meeting room itself)

No foyer facilities

13.  Storage facilities: 

Please describe what storage facilities are available for users. 

Limited short term storage facilities by arrangement.

14.  Disabled access:

Please describe what disabled access arrangements there are.

Ramp access to building for wheelchairs.

Disabled toilets

15.  Other facilities:

Please describe any other facilities or features available at the meeting room.  This might include staff on site, sports equipment, entertainments license, picture rails, etc

Extensive entertainments license.

Badminton facilities.

Help with setting up, clearing away, cleaning and decorating available at separate charge.

16.  Occupancy levels

Please indicate occupancy levels (ie % of time used)

	Week-days	Saturdays	Sundays
Mornings	15%	╖             ║	╖             ║
Afternoons	22%	╟  13% ║	╟  10% ║
Evenings	13%	╜	╜

17.  Changes planned:

Please indicate any changes or improvements planned and their status (e.g. wish list, planned but no funding, etc).  Exclude general maintenance.

Planned, but funding not in place:

· Secondary glazing

· Enternal foyer with cloakroom

· New bar

Wish list:

· Enlarged kitchen

· Relocated bar

· Internal area for storage of chairs and tables

Name of person completing pro-forma:  David Allott

Date:  19 August 2008