[HLUG] Meeting place for HLUG workshops, demos etc -St Johns Ambulance

[Pete]

Hi Gang,
Take a look, it's on google maps and street view as st john, widemarsh 
street, Hereford. Appears to be all on one level and I'm guessing it 
will be accessible.
However, I have doubts about our little group signing up for regular 
booking at £15/hr for monthly meets, and if we do an event we are 
looking at a 3 hour hire - ie £45. (We could hire a ballroom in Bromyard 
for that!) We would need to be sure we can draw a crowd.
Surely there's a pub with a room that would want our trade without 
charging for the space.?

MtG
Pete

On 16/05/13 13:17, Julian Robbins wrote:
> Hello
>
> I finally managed to track down the lady who deals with St John's bookings
> of meeting rooms.
>
> We can have either their Hereford or Leominster room for £15 per hour, on
> certain Tuesday nights. All the other nights are taken, apart from Fridays
> in Leominster.
>
> The location has a kitchen where we can make teas and coffees, etc, has
> wifi, with av equipment etc (see link below), seating which can be arranged
> in various different ways depending on the type of meeting we wish to have.
>
> We can have as long as we wish, there is no real close down time, as
> we would be given a set of keys, subject to their being happy with us and
> us signing a form.
>
> Notes on the Hereford Venue are here
> http://www.sja.org.uk/sja/counties/west-midlands/venue-hire/hereford.aspx.
> There is onsite free parking.
>
> We get a discounted rate of £15 per hour as we are a community group.
>
> The lady I spoke to, (Sue), seemed fine, you have to look after the place
> but there does seem some flexibility and easy goingness about them. payment
> would be via BACS or a Cheque. To book it, its all done via their
> Birmingham office.
>
> Sue said they are happy to arrange a viewing of the venue with us.
>
> Otherwise, the next best bet, may be the Kindle Centre, at £14 per hour
> next to Asda, who I haven't spoke to yet, rooms from £14 per hour, venue
> open to 8.30/9pm ish
>
> Thoughts, comments please - seems like a decent place ....
>
> Julian