Meeting Rooms Survey

Location:  Sheepscombe

Room name:  St John the Apostle Church

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 by arrangement with the Churchwardens..

2.  Room size:

Please indicate floor area and shape, and ceiling height.

Rectangular 39ft x 34 ft – 1226 sq ft

Ceiling height 60 ft +.

3.  Appearance:

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

Good/clean.

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.

Electric spot lights.

Darkness not possible in the day.

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.

Electric.

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.

Pews for 100 people.

7.  Toilet facilities:

Please indicate the number of toilets available and their nature

WC with wheelchair access and facilities.

8.  Parking:

Please indicate what parking arrangements are available

Limited parking – Village Hall car park nearby.

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.

None.

10.  Kitchen facilities:

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

By Christmas 2008.

11.  Bar facilities: 

Please describe what bar facilities are available and any restrictions.

None.

12.  Foyer facilities:

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

None.

13.  Storage facilities: 

Please describe what storage facilities are available for users. 

None.

14.  Disabled access:

Please describe what disabled access arrangements there are.

By South door (level) and WC with disabled facilities adjoining.

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

None.

16.  Occupancy levels

Please indicate occupancy levels (ie % of time used)

	Week-days	Saturdays	Sundays
Mornings	Thursday 2 hours		2 hours
Afternoons
Evenings

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.

Kitchen/Servery due for completion December 2008.

Name of person completing pro-forma:   Malcolm Barlow, Churchwarden

Date:  31 August 2008