Booking Rooms

Hiring Halls & Rooms

First things first - Some advice:

Know what you want & what we have to offer.

We have:

Rooms for 1 on 1 meetings (Room F)
Rooms for 1 on 3 meetings (Room E with en suite toilet)
Rooms for up to 20 people (Room C,D, G (when available))
Rooms for up to 60 people (Halls 1 & 2)

We do not have:

A hireable kitchen - While we do have a registered cafe (that has a Food Standards Agency food hygiene rating of 5) where groups hiring one of our rooms or halls can buy refreshments, we don't let hirers use the actual kitchen due to health and safety concerns.
Free Wifi - groups hiring a room may ask for the wifi code if they require it but we don't provide internet access to the public.
P.I.R lighting - all our lights are controlled by light switches.
Credit card facilities - All payments need to be paid either in cash, cheque or via B.A.C.S.

It is always advisable to visit the building before making a booking so that you know exactly what you are booking and what you are not booking. Bookings are not accepted over the phone or by e-mail unless you are a regular user.

Visiting will also allow us to pass on general information about fire exits and general do's and don'ts.

For the layout of the Community Centre rooms go here:

**Secondly: Know what you are paying for**.

We hire daily on a "fixed" three hour session scheme. All prices are for the total three hours regardless of whether the rooms are wanted for less than that time.

The fixed sessions are:

Morning: 10am to 1pm Afternoon: 1pm to 4pm Evening: 7pm to 10pm

Cleaning and maintenance are done between the afternoon and evening sessions so hirings inside these times are not usually allowed. One exception would be when we're used as a Polling Station.

**Thirdly: know who you are to us.**

We operate a three tier pricing system depending upon what the room will be hired for. An explanation of the 3 tiers follows:

Membership: These hirings are made up of people who are members of the Hythe & Dibden Community Association. They have paid the yearly membership fee and are therefore entited to a discounted rate. Every person attending needs to be a member of the H.D.C.A before the 2nd meeting.
Commercial: These hirings are made up of businesses and organisations that make money out of the hirings.

Associated (a.k.a: Standard): This is for local groups who aren't members of the Association but who aren't businesses (though some charities or non for profit organisations fit here instead of Commercial if they're not involved in trading).

If you are unsure which tier you belong in: ASK!

But remember: it is our decision which category you belong!

You can find the Room Hire price list here: The Terms & Conditions for hiring are here:

For a Booking Form for either single or multiple occasions go here:

It will need to be printed out to fill in the information unless you are resourceful enough to do it digitally.

For guidance as to where to find the building, you can go here:

Please note: we do not take bookings directly over the phone or from this website. This is to stop hirers from assuming they have made a booking before we can check that the rooms they wish to hire are actually available for the time/ date that they wish to hire it for.

You can e-mail us a query on:

Office@Hythecommunity.org.uk

or find us on google.