CONDITIONS OF HIRE FOR BENTLEY HEATH COMMUNITY CENTRE
- A non-refundable deposit is required at the time of booking.
- Payment should be by BACS. Reference your surname and date of booking. Please email us to tell us you’ve paid.
- The balance of the hire to be paid by BACS to the above account two weeks before your function. Please send us a screen shot as proof of payment.
- The person or organisation to whom the hall is let shall be responsible for its proper and orderly use; for leaving the hall in a clean and tidy condition; for ensuring that doors and windows are locked and all lights turned off. Children must be supervised at all times.
- The hirer shall be liable for any damage done to the hall and its contents. Any breakage or loss must be reported to the Lettings Secretary immediately after the letting.
- The hall keys shall be returned to the key safe immediately after the function.
- The Management Committee reserves the right to cancel any hire in the event of the hall being required for use as a Polling Station for a Parliamentary Election, or Local Government Elections. In these cases the hirer shall be entitled to a refund of any deposit paid.
- In the event of the hall, or any part thereof, being rendered unfit for the use for which is has been hired, the Committee shall not be liable to the hirer for any resulting loss whatsoever.
- Cars may not be parked so as to cause an obstruction at the entrances to or exits from the hall or cause an obstruction onto the public highway.
- The Bentley Heath Community Association cannot be held responsible for loss of property from the hall or car park.
- Fire exit doors must not be blocked at any time.
- Maximum numbers permitted in the hall are 80 seated at tables and 90 seated in rows.
- Smoking is not allowed in any area of the Community Centre.
- Without the consent of Solihull MBC the supply and/or sale of intoxicating liquors are not permitted on the premises.
- Only toddler bouncy castles are permitted on the premises as the ceiling is only 10′ high.
- The hirer should not:
- use sellotape on walls, windows, doors or surfaces;
- hang items from the ceiling tiles or anything from the stage pelmet.
- allow children on, or at the sides of, the stage.
- The hirer should:
- immediately wipe up any spillages on the wooden floor;
- use the pull cords to open and close the stage curtains;
- Leave tables and chairs in accordance with the instructions on the hall walls;
- leave the hall and kitchen clean and tidy – there are brooms in the kitchen for your use;
- Please be considerate to our neighbours by keeping the noise down particularly on arrival and departure. Amplified music is not allowed outside the building.