Durham County Council TOWN HALL HIRE POLICY EXTERNAL BOOKINGS

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1 EXTERNAL BOOKINGS 1

2 Durham Town Hall - Hire Charges (Monday Sunday) Main Hall & Lantern Room per hour per hour Main Hall per hour per hour Lantern Room per hour per hour Burlison Gallery per hour per hour 2

3 PLEASE NOTE There is an opportunity to hire blocks of time at a reduced rate. The reduction in charges will be at the discretion of the Site Manager. Rooms and equipment must be left in the same condition as found. Adequate time must be booked to include preparation and removal time i.e. from the time entering the building to the time leaving the building. Any overrun would be charged at an hourly rate plus staffing costs. Equipment left unattended overnight and/or during the day, should be agreed with the Site Manager beforehand. The council accepts no liability whatsoever for any items left and hirers do so entirely at their own risk. The Lantern Room must also be hired when the bar/kitchen is required. If the Kitchen is hired a refundable deposit of is payable in advance. Please see Bar Hire form for hire details (if applicable). The charges relate to hire for Mondays Saturdays. The Corporate Director of Neighbourhood Services is authorised to decide charges for hire on Bank Holidays or other public holidays. CATERING CHARGES Tea/Coffee Tea / Coffee & Biscuits Fruit Juice 1.15 per serving 1.38 per serving 1.00 per Ltr. Carton All refreshment charges are subject to VAT TABLE LINEN Hire of Table Linen at 3.00 plus VAT per cloth Requests for table linen to be received at least 2 weeks before the date of the event. Coloured linen can be requested at no extra charge (subject to availability) 3

4 ROOM CAPACITY The maximum number of persons allowed to use the premises at one time shall be: MAIN HALL Seated (Theatre style) = 200 Seated with tables = 140 maximum Measures 70 feet (21 metres) by 36 feet (11 metres). Period Room Polished wooden floor Decorated panels and paintings around the walls Impressive stained glass west window Overhead subdued lighting Plug sockets x 20 LOOP Hearing System Access via lift Internet Access LANTERN ROOM Seated (Theatre Style) = 40 Seated (Boardroom Style) = 30 Classroom Style = 30 maximum Standing = 60 Measures 30 feet (9 metres) by 35 feet (10 metres). Static Bar facility located in room The Lantern Room communicates with the Main Hall when required. Glazed ceiling with plenty of natural light Plug sockets Internet access Please note: As the kitchen access is located at the rear of the Lantern Room, staff may need access during your meeting to prepare refreshments etc. for events taking place in other rooms in the Town Hall. Any disruption will be kept to a minimum. Should this be inconvenient, please enquire about an alternative room. Combined use of the Main Hall and Lantern Room Maximum 200 people per event (Health and Safety/Fire regulations apply) 4

5 BURLISON GALLERY Boardroom = 14 (maximum) Classroom = 30 Theatre style = 30 Standing = 40 Overlooks the Market Place Carpeted floor Natural light (due to listed building status, windows do not have blinds or curtains). Walls displaying pictures by local artists including Clement Burlison Plug sockets at rear and side of room Internet access Direct lift access Housekeeping files available for all rooms please see Town Hall staff 5

6 1. All letting arrangements shall be under the control of the Site Manager. 2. Only exceptionally shall free use of the Main Hall, Lantern Room or Kitchen shall be agreed and only with the sanction of the Head of Service in consultation with the Corporate Director, Neighbourhood Services. 3. All hirers are required to pay the Council s fixed scale of charges in full upon demand (without prejudice to any right to apply for a refund of such charges or any part thereof). The Site Manager reserves the right to ask for a non returnable deposit to secure the booking and a kitchen cleaning bond returnable at the end of the hire period so long as cleanliness standards are met. 4. Where a booking is cancelled by the hirer and the period of notice given of the cancellation is 28 days or less, then the whole of the booking fee will be forfeit (Minute 1454 (iii), 13the December 1982). The Town Hall is licensed for the consumption of alcohol and performance of live music, if however further licenses are required then the appropriate License Fee must be paid by the hirer. 5. Any alcohol consumed on the premises must be purchased from the venue or corkage fees agreed in advance. 6. All hirers who request the use of Bar facilities must hire the Lantern Room and may be required to pay any appropriate License Fee. 7. Hirers must hire the Lantern Room whenever they wish to use the kitchen facilities. 8. The Council cannot accept any responsibility for loss, damage or theft of any property belonging to the hirer or to a third party whilst it is in the Town Hall. Hirers leaving property unattended and/or overnight (the later to be pre-arranged) do so entirely at their own risk. 9. The hirers are responsible for providing appointed responsible persons. For a private party the minimum is two. Duties include control of admission; checking that exits are not obstructed in the event of an emergency; and general supervision of conduct of patrons in the building. 10. Hirers shall not use or permit the rooms to be used for the performance in public of any dramatic musical or other work in which copyright exists or for the delivery in public of any lecture in which copyright subsists without the consent of the owner of the said copyright, nor shall they in any other manner infringe any subsisting copyright. Hirers shall indemnify the Council against all sums of money which the Council may have to pay be reason of any infringement of copyright occurring during periods of hire. Where music in any form comprises part of the event a form of return (obtainable from the Site Manager) showing particulars of musical items performed as required 6

7 by the Performing Rights Society, shall be completed and signed and returned to the Site Manager within seven days of the performance thereof. 11. It is a condition of letting that no advertisements may be displayed on the exterior of the building without the express consent of the Site Manager. The Town Hall Staff are empowered to remove any unsuitable notices posted within the building. Hirers are also reminded that formal consent from the Local Planning Authority may be necessary for any advertisements/notices relating to events/functions taking place in the Town Hall, which the hirer or others may wish to display, except within a building, the Town Hall steps, or on a public notice board. Should any external advertising be intended, hirers are, therefore, requested to contact the Site Manager in order that details can be discussed and agreed before such advertising takes place. 12. No driving or fixing of nails, screws or bolts into the floors or paneling or other parts of any of the rooms: no hanging of any items from any part of the internal finishes i.e. banners, pictures, balloons etc; nor any alterations in the electric, gas or other fittings, seats, tables, platforms, or otherwise is allowed. No helium balloons to be brought on site. 13. In case any damage other than by accidental fire, shall be done to the rooms, to the gas, electric or other fittings, seats, tables, platforms, pictures or paintings therein, during the occupancy by any hirer by himself/ herself or by their guests or any other person, the amount of damage (to be assessed by the Site Manager in consultation with the Director of Neighbourhoods) and charges for Estimates that need to be obtained from specialist restorers/contractors shall be forthwith paid by the hirer and, in addition, the Town Hall Manager in consultation with the Corporate Director of Neighbourhoods shall be entitled, at their discretion, to cancel any subsequent letting or lettings to that hirer or such person or persons believed by the Council to be responsible for any damage. 14. To comply with the Electricity at Work Act 1989 all items of electrical equipment brought onto the Council s premises from outside agencies and hires must have a current test certificate. Copies of test certificates for each item of electrical equipment must be forwarded to the Site Manager at the Town Hall prior to the hire period. The Council will not allow the use of uncertified electrical apparatus on the premises. The hirers must on no account undertake any works or alterations to the fixed electrical installation of the building. 15. No firearms, explosives, chemicals or other materials likely to cause concussion, fumes or damage in or to the rooms, or to the pictures, paintings or window therein, will be allowed to be used therein. 16. Use of real flame candles and smoke machines are strictly prohibited on site. 7