Made with care for the volunteers who keep Britain's halls running.
Product updates
Everything we have changed, and when
Most of what is on this page started as an email from a village hall. We write these in the same words we send our
halls, so you can see for yourself how often this thing actually moves.
New under Bookings: add your school holidays to Holidays & Closures once, then tick "term-time only" on a regular booking and half terms are skipped automatically - no more deleting half-term sessions by hand from a 12-week hire.
New feature
See what each role can actually do
When you add or edit a team member, each role now explains itself in plain English - so you can see at a glance that a trustee can view compliance and reports without being able to change bookings. The team list also shows when each person last signed in.
Fix
Team member invitations now work first time
New team members who followed their invitation link were being asked to verify their email a second time - and could end up on a confusing "register your hall" page. That is fixed: set a password, and you are straight in. Made a typo in their email address? Edit the invite, correct it, and a fresh invitation goes out automatically.
New feature
A tidier menu, organised around your day-to-day work
Rate Cards and the Buffer now live under Bookings, Payment Settings under Finance, and your subscription and feedback have their own places at the bottom. Everything is where you would expect it - thanks to a suggestion from one of our venues.
Fix
Adding a team member you already know works every time
Adding someone whose email address was already on the system could fail if the address was typed with different capital letters. It now finds the existing account and adds them to your venue.
New feature
Keep a gap between bookings
New under Bookings: the Buffer page lets you keep 15, 30, 45 or 60 minutes free before and after every booking, so one group has time to clear up before the next arrives. Clashing times are blocked automatically.
New feature
Half-hour bookings
The booking form now has a half-hour button alongside 1 hr, 2 hrs and all day, and the enquiry form on your website offers times in half-hour steps - handy for shorter lets.
Fix
The embedded calendar now works on your own website
The calendar you embed on your village hall website displays properly again, and the month arrows and room filters work inside it - no more "page has expired" messages for your visitors.
New feature
A Getting Started guide, right in the menu
New under Settings: a searchable, step-by-step guide to rooms and rates, hirers, bookings, invoicing, compliance and your committee - with buttons that take you straight to the right screen.
New feature
Charge a different rate for the first hour
Rooms and rate cards can now carry an optional first-hour rate, with your hourly rate applying after that. Invoices show the first hour and the further hours as separate lines.
New feature
Attach papers to a meeting agenda
Reports, quotes and previous minutes from your Document Vault can now be attached to any meeting, and they are listed on the minutes PDF.
New feature
Invoices now show booking times
Invoice lines state the start and end time as well as the date - for example "Main Hall, 1 Jun 2026, 10:00am to 1:00pm (3 hrs)".
Most of this came from a village hall asking
If your hall needs something this does not do yet, say so. That is how nearly everything above got built.