Guides
Guides for running a venue
Practical guides for UK leisure venues. What to charge, what to run, and how to fill the quiet weeks.
- Soft play What should a soft play charge for a party package? What UK centres actually charge per child, what sits inside the price, and the slot arithmetic that decides whether a party is worth the hour it takes.
- Garden centres What events should a garden centre run? A year of workshops, grottos, pumpkins and talks, and why the quiet weeks are the ones worth filling rather than the busy ones.
- Christmas Planning a Christmas grotto Safeguarding and DBS, casting Santa, the gifts nobody allows enough time for, the queue, photography and staffing. The whole job, not just the slots.
- Autumn Running a pumpkin patch Whether to charge for entry, how timed slots stop the car park jamming, and what to do when the field is picked out.
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