See below re. toilets! x
--- Best Wishes,
Kari
// Kari Nygard // Cube Cinema 4 Princess Row Bristol BS2 8NQ +44(0) 117 907 4190
www.cubecinema.com
-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Blueprint] Re: Toilet campaign text Date: 2024-06-28 13:12 From: Jo Kelly jocubecinema@gmail.com To: Marcus Valentine marcus@cubecinema.com Copy: blueprint@cubecinema.com
Hi David, Thanks for taking this in hand. Have tweaked a few things to focus more on the energy efficiency and less on the accessibility (which we'll have improved but not to the extent that we'll have level access to the bar. This was decided against until we resolve the level access throughout the building (if we ever can). The new accessible WC and steps can be altered in the future to be level with the bar and the room is sized to accommodate wheelchairs when/if that does happen. Probably at a cost of about another £7/8k ish).
# Spend a Penny
We are refurbishing the Cube's toilets over our August closure to make them less janky, more accessible and better for the environment.
## What we're doing
### Making our toilets more pleasant and efficient
We're making significant improvements to the quality of our toilets - highlights will include:
- eco cisterns that fill in less than 15 mins and use less water - seats that aren't hanging off - hand dryers that actually dry your hands - energy efficient lighting and better ventilation - baby change facilities - full redecoration
### Improving accessibility and inclusivity
Our building is more than 100 years old, and a century of remodels and changes of use have made it very poor for accessibility. When we bought our building we committed to improving things, and we stand by that commitment.
We previously worked with architects to try to resolve these issues but the building quotes we got were significantly higher than anticipated (£1 million+) and the changes just weren't feasible. As a result of this, we're aiming to make more appropriate improvements over time.
As part of this phase we're going to:
- create a new ambulant-accessible toilet - install new hand rails on our stairs - reconfigure gender neutral WCs and urinals - build a beer store with safer access for our volunteers
### Increasing our energy efficiency
Our water heater is a hulking beast from the distant past. It takes up a lot of space and burns through an obscene amount of energy for the relatively small amount of hot water we use. We are replacing it with a more efficient model and reducing our carbon footprint.
All new plumbing has water conservation in mind.
## How you can help
The main challenge to this is funding - although the volunteers are putting in as many hours as is feasible, the works will also require specialist building, plumbing, tiling and electrical work. You can [donate to the campaign online] (https://www.cubecinema.com/cgi-bin/freehold/freehold.pl?action=donations) (this page is still from the building buy 10 years ago so ignore the £200k total on the counter - we're working on it!). Our target for these works is £28k.
You can also donate via cash or card in the bar.
We're open to other fundraising ideas like raffles or events - email blueprint@cubecinema.com if you think you can help with this.
-------------------------------------------- Do you want before and after drawings to illustrate what we're up to? Maybe a gif?
Jo
On Fri, 28 Jun 2024 at 12:38, Marcus Valentine marcus@cubecinema.com wrote:
Cool. Is it worth mentioning something to the effect the piss will actually drain away rather than sitting around in stagnant pools?
And improved ventilation and surface?
M
On 28/06/2024 10:58, David Biddle wrote:
Hello blueprinters!
I'm writing up some copy for the website and wondered if anyone
could
review it - this is still completely unfinished so don't worry too
much
about the style or the content, I'm mainly concerned about whether
the
structure looks OK and if I've got the facts right, especially
around
the accessibility section.
Here's the text as it stands:
# Spend a Penny
We are hoping to refurbish the Cube's toilets over our August
closure to
make them less janky and more accessible.
## What we're doing
### Making our toilets more pleasant
We're making significant improvements to the quality of our toilets
highlights will include:
- cisterns that fill in less than 15 mins
- seats that aren't hanging off
- hand dryers that actually dry your hands
- improved lighting and ventilation
- baby change facilities
### Improving accessibility
Our building is more than 100 years old, and a century of remodels
and
changes of use have made it very poor for accessibility. When we
bought
our building we committed to improving things, and we stand by that commitment.
We previously worked with architects to plan a complete rebuild to resolve these issues. This plan did not work out - we could not
secure
funding, and the building quotes we got were significantly higher
than
anticipated (£1 million+). As a result of this, we're aiming to
make
more manageable improvements over time.
As part of this work we're going to:
- reduce the number of level changes in this part of the building
from
11 to 4
- install a new ambulant-accessible toilet at the same level as the
bar
We think this will significantly improve access to the building for
our
disabled visitors.
### Increasing our energy efficiency
Our water heater is a hulking beast from the distant past. It takes
up a
lot of space and burns through an obscene amount of energy for the relatively small amount of hot water we use. We want to replace it
with
a smaller and more efficient model.
## How you can help
The main challenge to this is funding - the level access works in particular will require building work, and we really want to make
those
changes happen. You can [donate to the campaign
online](https://www.cubecinema.com/cgi-bin/freehold/freehold.pl?action=donations
https://www.cubecinema.com/cgi-bin/freehold/freehold.pl?action=donations)
(this page is still from the building buy 10 years ago so ignore the £200k total on the counter - we're working on it!).
You can also donate via cash or card in the bar.
We're open to other fundraising ideas like raffles or events - email
blueprint@cubecinema.com mailto:blueprint@cubecinema.com if you
think
you can help with this.
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