To make a booking at Handcross Parish Hall:

  1. Read the documents:  Conditions of Hire and Hire Charges.
  2. Go to the calendar page.  Check availability.  Click on New Booking and fill in the form.  A “Provisional Booking” email will be sent.
  3. You must leave at minimum of 30 minutes from the end of any previous booking that is on the calendar before the start of your booking to allow for any additional cleaning that may be required between bookings.
  4. If alcohol is to be sold or consumed during your booking, please read “Information Regarding the use of Alcohol in the Parish Hall”.
  5. Please ensure when making your booking you have allowed plenty of time to set up the Hall before your guests are due to arrive and, more importantly, you have allowed plenty of time to wipe down any tables and chairs as necessary and sweep the floor once your guests have left.  In an effort to keep the cost of hire down, we expect everyone using the Hall to leave it in the way they found it, we do not employ a cleaner to do this after every booking.
  6. If you have young children attending your event, please do not allow them up on the stage unsupervised, especially if the curtains are closed, you never know what is going on.
  7. Once the booking has been approved, you will receive a “Confirmation” email of your booking.
  8. An invoice will be then sent to you and is due for payment no less than 7 days following receipt.
  9. Block bookers will be sent an invoice by email at month end which must be paid within 7 days of receipt.

Note: If you have any queries, please contact the Secretary, Gail Boustead on 07887 535638 / handcrossparishhall@yahoo.com.

Please observe the following points as it will help you and the unpaid volunteers who run the Hall.

  • Payment will ensure the Hall is open for your event.
  • If you have an alcohol licence form that must be signed off by the Management Committee, please ensure the Secretary receives the paperwork in plenty of time before the event. See “Information Regarding the use of Alcohol in the Parish Hall”.
  • Please read through the "Conditions of Hire" which  include all necessary information to hire Handcross Parish Hall.

Finally, please ensure you leave the Hall in the same condition that you would expect to find at the start of your own booking.

If you have any further questions, please get in touch.

Thank you.

Handcross Parish Hall Management Committee

handcrossparishhall@yahoo.com