Client handover

Steve and the design team

Gris and Sarah giving the presentation to the worshipping community

Before the new studio project began i went and visited the ARCH exhibition in All Hallows which was tremendously interesting to see the church take on this transformation and the coming together of the work by Trish and Simon. During the event I spoke to Steve, stating that we should keep in contact with the church to understand the impact of the work undertaken, whether or not it proves useful, which bits were more interesting for the church and also to understand to see what, if anything will be taken forward. We had said that a sensible time for this discussion would be the churches AGM (Annual General Meeting) meeting in April, as here they will discuss all aspects of church life, its ethos and direction for the upcoming year.

Before the new studio project began i went and visited the ARCH exhibition in All Hallows which was tremendously interesting to see the church take on this transformation and the coming together of the work by Trish and Simon.

Photo's of the ARCH exhibition (looks familiar Peter)

So student involvement has now finished on All Hallows and we have all gone our separate ways. I know we would like to thank all the workers and members of All Hallows for their hospitality and generosity throughout the design process. The experience gained by the entire design team through client and community interaction will prove invaluable to our individual architectural and social development and we can only hope that the work undertaken on behalf of the church and community centre act as a tool to guide the future of a valuable social resource.

University presentation

Badges were required for that performance

Congratulations to Gris and Sarah for their superb presentation, it was very clear, professional, concise and well received by all who attended. As a collective we would like to thank you for your hard work and hope you have a peaceful and stress free night tonight.

Thanks and well done.

Group meeting

...don't do it, being an artist would have been a much better idea

So...3 days of work left before the presentation, by then we should have finished;

• the powerpoint presentation and the narrative
• the document for client hand-over
• the design of the boards for the ARCH exhibition, and
• time to eat and sleep

As a group we went through a draft document, noting points of concern as we went along whilst providing a more precise structure to the document. Issues that were raised during todays discussion were,

1. Li would attend the lecture tomorrow instead of Gris
2. Gris and Sarah would head the university presentation with all group members responding to questions baed on their input in the questions topic
3. All work would be given to Tim for Carolyn's review by Tuesday morning (at the very latest)
4. All revised work from Carolyn's meeting would be sent to Tim on Wednesday, by 1pm to allows the group to discuss the presentation and its narrative along with the production of the boards
5. We would print and bind the final booklet on Friday
6. We would print the boards and mount them on Friday

Unresolved issues;

1. Who attends Sundays presentation at All Hallows
2. Who are the speakers at this presentation

Document revision

A revision of the document will be sent out for review before tomorrows meeting. If all could look through it and send through their draft information before the meeting that would beneficial to the discussion.

Promotion of ARCH event

Promotion of the ARCH event in community centres

Today I went to Leeds to tie up a few loose ends, speak to some community centre representatives and promote the ARCH event to local enterprises. Whilst doing this, I was speaking to a representative of the Woodhouse Community Centre who was enthusiastic about the work we are doing and that evening was meeting representatives of the LUU to discuss volunteer dispersion throughout the ward, she then offered to out discuss the work we are doing with the university activity groups in relation to possible voluntary activity within All Hallows. During this discussion we talked about some of All Hallows members joining the 'community transformers' scheme which she stated would be the most sensible step for All Hallows in relation to the implementation and progression of the live project.

Group meeting

The meeting today with Carolyn today and subsequent group meeting provided some further confirmation of specific roles for the university presentation and handover criteria along with the a series of future dates for these events. We have confirmed that the handover to the client will be a table meeting with the PCC, talking about the processes involved in attaining the information and the reasoning for the design choices that have been made, this meeting will last for approximately 1hour and the size of group that will attend has not yet been discussed.

Consensus has been achieved on the document style, it formatting and that it will be a singular document, conceived as a narrative of the progression of the design process.

ROLES CONFIRMED

Gris - Uploading of information to the universities website (attendance of lecture on Monday)

Tim - Production, printing and binding of document for hand-over

Question time

It would be great if everyone could email questions they wish to be asked or points they require clarification on to their relevant group representatives (Sarah, Qi and Vas). This is obviously the last chance that we will get to speak to Steve and any members of the PCC before the final handover and accordingly is of importance.

Along with this it would be good if, at the group meeting on Thursday that people could come along with ideas for the university presentation, its format, the areas of focus that were considered in relation to the amount of time we have to present, what should be presented and who / how this will be done. Everybody should be thinking of this!

KEY DATES

• Thursday 28th - at 4pm in the studio to discuss the document, its legibility and coherence
• Sunday 31st - at 10am at the IC building in a meeting room which has still to be confirmed
• Thursday 4th November - University presentation
• Sunday 7th November - PCC Handover date
• Saturday 12th November - ARCH exhibition

Voluntary Community and Faith Sector Learning in Leeds

I just stumbled across this document - and was wondering why All Hallows is not included? any ideas?

http://www.leedsvoice.org.uk/about/publications/leeds_learningdirectory.pdf

Also, what about Third Sector Leeds?

Third Sector Leeds is a partnership group of voluntary and community organisations, charities, faith groups and social enterprises working in Leeds. It aims to be the point of engagement with the third sector in Leeds, working together to: develop third sector policies; engage with and influence decision makers and co-ordinate representation of the third sector on statutory partnerships and boards.

They are having an open event on Monday 1st November 2010 9am -12pm Leeds Civic Hall, (in the wake of the Government’s comprehensive spending review) to discuss how the voluntary, community and faith sector responds to the coming budget cuts. 

Alan Gay and Sandie Keene from Leeds City Council’s corporate leadership team will be speaking. There will also be a question and answer session with Alan, Sandie and LCC’s Chief Executive Tom Riordan.

This will be your chance to quiz Leeds City Council on how the budget cuts will affect your organisation and to decide how to work together as a sector. You’ll also get to hear about the work Third Sector Leeds has been doing to represent the sector in its first year of operation. Please note the last hour of the meeting will be for Third Sector representatives only.

Places are free but booking is essential. You can book online here.

If you have any questions please email info@thirdsectorleeds.org.uk or call 0113 213 2592

Download the TSL Interim Terms of Reference