General

  • Get in contact with our events team on 020 3959 0015 for specific prices for your event.

  • • Tables and chairs, which are laid out to your preferred floor plan

    • Use of stage, which comes with a rich red curtain

    • Full exclusive use of the building, including the kitchen, bar and additional lockable Robing Rooms.

    • Inclusions a PA system throughout the building, handheld microphones and a lighting rig in the Civic Hall (Main Hall)
    • An events assistant on the day of your event and security staff
    • Parking spots for up to 3 suppliers

  • Public address system: The PA system has speakers throughout the building with the facility to isolate sound from certain are

    Background music can be played using an MP3 player, iPod, laptop and smartphones via a 35mm jack.

    We have microphones and stands for speeches or announcements and there are microphone sockets in various areas of the Civic Hall and Banquet Hall.

  • Projector and projector screen: (you are welcome to bring in your own projector). Our projector is ceiling-mounted and is easily accessed by plugging in your laptop to the necessary extension cable on the stage. The screen is four metres wide and can accommodate the latest widescreen formats, which will be determined by your laptop specification.

  • For an additional charge per cloth, you can also make use of our high quality white linen cloths. These can be be set out on the tables before your arrival in your preferred floorplan.

  • A £1,400 deposit is required within ten days of the date of the provisional booking (i.e. the date you rang the office to make the booking). All methods of payment are accepted, including online, by card over the phone, or you can post us a cheque (deposit cheques must be made out to “Enable Leisure and Culture”) and by BACS*.

    *Please note: this deposit is non-refundable before the booked date, but becomes refundable after the event, subject to any damages incurred. This means that, for whatever reason, the full deposit will be retained in the event the booking is cancelled or moved to an alternative date. We recommend you consider taking out insurance cover to protect yourself against any cancellation penalty.

  • Ten weeks before the date of your event. For the full outstanding amount, please refer to the electronic invoice sent to you at the time you made your booking. Please see the section 5 of the Terms and Conditions for the sliding scale of refunds in the event of cancellations before the booked date. We recommend you consider taking out insurance cover to protect yourself against any cancellation penalty.

Catering & alcohol

  • Yes, you can. The Civic Suite is a dry-hire venue - we can recommend a caterer for you but guests can use any caterer of their choice.

    Please note the responsibility for vacating the kitchen on time (that’s the finish time booked for the event) and leaving it in a clean condition rests with the person who made the booking.

  • Yes, Civic Suite is a dry hire venue so you can bring in your own alcohol with no corkage fees!

    We have bar facilities that can be used, but please customers will need to provide their own bar service if required.

    In the case of alcohol being sold please note you’ll need the a personal licence holder at the event at all times.

    A member of our team will provide further information during your booking process.

  • No, but for bookings made with us we can supply a list of the service suppliers who have used our premises in the past. This is simply a guide and not a recommendation. Enable accepts no responsibility or liability for services provided by these suppliers.

  • The kitchen must be left clean and tidy (as you found it) with all refuse bagged and binned, and completely cleared of all your belongings. In addition, refuse from all other areas of the venue must be bagged and binned before leaving, together with all table tops in the halls completely cleared. There is no need to sweep and mop the halls: our staff will do this.

  • The management is doing all it can to make life as easy as possible for you and your caterers by supplying dedicated recycling bins at the venues. As the venue user, it is your responsibility to make contact with the duty caretaker on arrival at the venue, who will then explain the recycling procedures for your venue. Failure to comply with the duty caretakers specific instructions with regard to recycling procedures could result in the loss of your deposit.

  • Our staff will remove all the furniture they set out for your event.

  • Yes, in both the Civic Suite halls and the Robing Room on the ground floor (This is a 30-seater wood panelled ground floor reception room which can be booked in addition to the Civic Suite).

  • No smoke, haze machine or dry ice can be used at the venue. We encourage the use of LED candles. Floating Candles or fully enclosed tea lights are the only style of candles we allow in the Halls or surrounding areas.
    Items can be attached to the walls with blu tack or command strips only.

  • There is a free public car park available for all after-hours and weekend bookings for up to 120 cars. (Please note: the parking is shared with the Registry office on Saturdays between 9am and 5pm).

  • • Reception (Table Service): 517 (including top table)

    • Reception (Buffet): 490 guests 

    • Dinner/Dance (Buffet): 470 guests • Theatre Seating (Civic Hall Only): 420 guests.

    • Examinations (Both Halls): 240 candidates.

    • Exhibition Space: Civic Hall – 3,225 sq ft; Banquet Hall – 2,904

    • Conference/Seminar/A.G.M.: up to 420 seated, with 2,904 sq ft of display space.

    The venue is licensed to accommodate up to 800 people in the building at any time

  • Monday to Sunday from 8am.

  • • Sunday to Thursday: 12 midnight

    • Friday and Saturday: 2am

  • To find out availability, please email events@enablelc.org or phone the Events Team on 020 3959 0015.