The three rooms in the Old Church Rooms: Garth Room, Weir Room and Chain Room, are available for booking from the community for children's parties, celebrations, meetings, activity groups and rehearsals for concerts, plays etc.
Availability
We now have an on-line booking system which enables us to provide a calendar for event organisers to see which rooms and times are available for booking. Of course the existence of a free session in the calendar does not guarantee that it can/will be reserved for your event.
Room Charges (per session from 1 Sept 2008):
Party charge is £40 (local residents) £50 (other) for the Garth & Weir Rooms Garth & Weir Rooms together the charge is £60 The Chain Room for meetings is £8.50. The charge for regular users is discounted.
Facilities and Equipment Hire for meetings:
Overhead projector
Digital projector
35mm projector
Piano
are available for hire for a notional charge to Community.
The well equipped Kitchen is also available. If you need the use of the kitchen, please mention it when making your booking. The Garth Room has 80 stacking chairs and 15 folding tables. The Weir Room has 40 stacking chairs and the use of folding tables. The Chain room is ideal for meeting for up to 12 people.
The OCR Calendar web page shows a spread-sheet of bookings one week at a time. Each Cell of the spread-sheet represents one bookable session (room and times). At the bottom of the page there are buttons enabling you to move between weeks. The current week and any week in the future may be viewed.
To book a room via the internet do the following:
1. Open the OCR Calendar and find the date, room and time you require. If it is already booked it will show the name of the organisation in the cell. Otherwise it will show a dash symbol.
2. Click the dash symbol. This will start your email application and a new email will be started showing your requirements. Complete the email with your details and send it. If the email application fails to work, send your request to
3. After 48 hours please return to the calendar to confirm that your booking has been accepted.
To book a room for the same day each week, follow the steps as above, but add the number of weeks required to your email.
Alternatively you may make your booking by telephoning David Cargill on 029 2084 2034 or EMail:
The Old Church Rooms | OCR Management Team | OCR Bookings | OCR Calendar
