Hotel Elephant has conducted a Covid risk assessment looking at our different spaces and members, to ensure we can maintain a Covid secure working environment. All of our studio spaces are self contained spaces, so studio members are isolated from other users of the building whilst they are working. Due to the size of our studio buildings and the staggered working hours of many of our members, studio users have a enough space to move around our studio buildings safely, however attention should be paid to this guide to ensure a safe working environment is maintained.

Travelling to and from the Studio Space

Inline with the government guidelines you are encouraged to walk and cycle to work where possible. There is plenty of space for locking your bike across all of our workspace sites. If you need to use public transport, you are required to wear a face mask.

Hand Hygiene Is Important

Wash/sanitise your hands regularly, particularly when after entering and leaving the workspace and after touching frequently touched surfaces such as door handles, printers etc. Hand sanitiser and hand wash is provided throughout the spaces. 

Keep A Safe Distance From Others

To avoid overcrowding in entry and exit points, please remain a safe distance (ideally 2 metres) away from others when entering and leaving the studio buildings. You may need to stand to one side to allow for someone to pass. 

Inside Your Studio

Clean and wipe down surfaces regularly, with a particular focus on spaces you spend the majority of your time, such as desk spaces. Also include door handles and other frequently touched surfaces. 

If your share your studio

All our studio spaces are self contained, which means studio users are already working in isolated spaces away from others. Where possible and appropriate we would recommend those that share a studio space to arrange your space so you can work 2 metres away from others and implement back to back or side by side working.

Kitchens and Communal Areas

Good hygiene is an important tool to keep studio spaces Covid secure. Keep kitchen and other communal areas clean and tidy. Wash up your crockery straight away and wipe down surfaces regularly. Consider bringing your own dedicated cups, plates and cutlery to avoid sharing with others.

Invite Only Essential Visitors To Your Studio

Consider whether your meeting could take place virtually instead of in person. By limiting the number of in person meetings to only those that are essential, you will be helping to limit the spread of Covid-19. Consider meeting outside if you need to meet in person and take responsibility for your visitors to ensure they follow the Covid secure guidelines. Ask your visitors to stay at home if they become unwell.

Stay At Home If Your Feel Unwell

If any workspace members or Hotel Elephant staff are feeling unwell they must stay at home.

Please be aware of the main symptoms of Coronavirus:

• high temperature – this means you feel hot to touch on your chest or back (you do not need to measure your temperature)

• new, continuous cough – this means coughing a lot for more than an hour, or 3 or more coughing episodes in 24 hours (if you usually have a cough, it may be worse than usual)

• loss or change to your sense of smell or taste – this means you've noticed you cannot smell or taste anything, or things smell or taste different to normal

Most people with coronavirus have at least one of these symptoms.

Anyone with symptoms must self-isolate for 7 days from when their symptoms started.

Anyone who does not have symptoms must self-isolate for 14 days from when the first person in your home started having symptoms.

Please see the NHS website for more information: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/symptoms/