Community lettings: prices and planning events

Community lettings prices & advice on planning events

If you’ve found yourself landing on this blog, you’re likely looking for information around community lettings prices; planning out an event and looking at forming a realistic budget. So, to help you achieve this, below, we’re looking at community lettings prices and providing advice on planning events. 

Community lettings prices

Prices for community lettings vary depending on a wide range of factors, including: 

• Location
• Transport links
• Onsite/available parking
• Available and associated amenities 

But, at their core, community lettings – particularly those offered by schools – are designed to be affordable to the local community they serve; providing affordable, accessible options to sports clubs, church groups, holiday clubs, families and businesses in the area. 

Alongside this, hiring a facility through your local school’s community lettings programme also supports the school in question, helping that school raise valuable funds for new facilities, education trips and equipment; enhancing the learning experience for their pupils. 

With all of this in mind, at Schoolhire Solutions Ltd., we work with a growing number of schools across London and the South to offer generously-sized, well-equipped and affordable facilities for hire to the local community in their respective areas, with community lettings prices starting at just £25. 

Advice on planning events 

Start with a desired location: the best place to start when planning a community event is with a desired location – where do you want or need your event to take place? + a couple of miles. This will help you form a budget and browse the venues and facilities realistically available to you.

Designate a min & max budget: forming a minimum and maximum budget as early as possible is also a great idea when planning an event; thinking about how much you’d like to ideally spend on a venue (+ a little bit more just in case!), as well as the cost of things like hiring in chairs & tables, catering, lighting and/or entertainment, depending of course on the nature of your event. 

Plan for a max number of attendees: how many people (maximum) do you ideally want or need to attend your event in order to make it viable? This is the number you’ll need when browsing venues & facilities, and finding something with the correct capacity, so knowing this number before making enquiries or bookings is a really good idea! 

Consider your layout: the layout of your community event can affect multiple aspects of said event, such as capacity, budget and necessary equipment and amenities, as well as what venue you end up actually hiring! Knowing or having at least a rough idea of the layout of your event when browsing venues/facilities and making enquiries will also help you find the ideal hire. 

To browse our growing directory of school facilities for hire, please click here or contact us for more information, and to discuss your needs. 

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