Domestic Bursar’s Report BY CHRISTINE HOUGHTON
It has been another busy and productive year at Lucy Cavendish.
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he catering team have worked hard to entice students and College members to dine in Hall, and at Nautilus Café/Bar. The addition of a Barista coffee machine has added to its popularity. The students have organised a number of events in the Nautilus, including our renowned ‘bops’. We are committed to being as sustainable as possible, and have been focusing particularly on vegetarian and vegan meals. Formal Halls in Michaelmas were very well attended. Due to Covid all Formal and served meals stopped in March 2020. We did continue to provide a catering service offering a takeaway lunch service for our students staying in college and they also had the ability to order meals for evening and weekends. As well as catering provision, the Domestic Bursary is responsible for co-ordinating a lively programme of conferences, summer schools and events, plus refurbishment projects and general maintenance during the summer of 2019. Some of our clients have been with us for over a decade – this repeat business is testament to the excellent relationships we have fostered with a number of organisers and companies. We are also always looking for potential new business relationships and this year we welcomed some new clients to our portfolio. Sadly, Covid had a grave impact on conference business. The team worked hard to keep in touch with our clients, but all events had to be cancelled from March 2020 onwards. We continue to encourage them to move their booking or event to 2021. During the summer of 2019, we undertook a number of refurbishment projects including: • Refurbished 13 kitchens in Oldham Hall. The sets all have stylish, new, contemporary kitchens • Refurbished balconies in De Brye, Bertram and Marshall House • Along with Blenheim Court residents we organised a replacement roof on the building shared by six flats • Created a larger office on the ground floor of College House, by knocking a small office and storeroom into one • Completed new tiling on the floor in the entrance of the Porters’ Lodge.
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ANNUAL REVIEW 2019/2020
