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Christmas Entertainment Kensington

Kensington is around 75 miles from our unit in Havant, up the A3 and round the M25, and we're into the W and SW postcodes through the year. The December diary there is the corporate end of our work: office parties in the hotels and venues, the winter balls Imperial College London and the schools around South Kensington run, and the private dos in between - the biggest corporate evening on our books, an induction night for more than 500 delegates, sat on this patch.

That induction job is the shape of a Kensington Christmas party at scale: nine activities running at once, with the interactive darts, crazy golf, the magic selfie mirror, the photo booth, shuffleboard, the dance machine, air hockey, the table tennis and the giant garden games all working the room together. A smaller do takes a cut of the same list, and a headline room takes the rodeo reindeer or the Batak Pro reaction wall as the centrepiece. Family and school events run Whack an Elf, the Christmas mega wire and Santa's grotto.

The venue mix in Kensington runs to licensed hotels and listed buildings, which puts the paperwork in front of the deposit more often than not, and that suits us: the risk assessments, method statements and insurance certificates are part of the quote email from the first reply.

Behind that sits the standing record: the firm has been Joanne and David Morris's since 2002, run from the commercial unit in Havant, with the whole fleet owned outright and nothing sub-hired. The rodeo machines hold ADIPS certification, the electronics pass PAT testing annually, and the crews are our own, enhanced-DBS registered and first-aid trained, working under the £10 million public liability policy and its licensed-premises addition.

The Kensington event hire page lists the full range, with corporate event hire in Kensington covering the company evenings, student event hire in Kensington the college calendar and garden games hire in Kensington the outdoor kit.

In the W and SW postcodes the December Saturdays go first and the staffed pieces follow the operators, so once the Kensington venue, timings and rough numbers are known, send them over and the package comes back with the paperwork attached.

We used this company for our recent corporate staff event. Excellent communication from start to finish. Arrived on time and had great interaction with the staff on the day. We will 100% be using them again.

V W, corporate staff event

Why book Monster Event Hire?

  • Established 2002 - run by Joanne and David Morris from Havant.
  • £10 million Public Liability Insurance - certificate available on request, with additional licensed-premises cover.
  • Every inflatable PIPA-tagged and inspected annually - PIPA is the only inspection scheme recognised by the HSE.
  • In-house PIPA-certified inflatable inspector and RPII inspector - the safety knowledge is in the business, not borrowed once a year.
  • Every member of staff is enhanced-DBS registered, and staff are RPII operator/supervisor trained and first-aid trained.
  • BS EN 14960:2019 is the standard we work to for inflatable play equipment.
  • Anemometer wind-safety protocol issued with every inflatable hire - documented procedure with a 24mph cutoff.
  • Electrical equipment is annually PAT-tested by certified testers where applicable.
  • Our equipment is our own - no sub-hiring or agency middlemen.
  • Trusted by councils, charities, government research agencies and corporates, with named multi-year repeat clients.

Need an insurance certificate, risk assessment or method statement? They're available on request - just ask when you book.

Christmas party entertainment in Kensington - common questions

How far ahead should we book Christmas entertainment in Kensington?

The Kensington December diary fills first at the weekends, and the office-party fortnight hardest of all. Six to eight weeks of notice is the comfortable window for most Kensington items; the reindeer or the grotto on a mid-December Saturday wants earlier, because operators are the scarce part.

Can you supply several attractions for one Kensington Christmas party?

A Kensington do usually combines pieces, and at 500 delegates that is exactly what the induction evening ran on: nine activities at once with a headline among them. Kensington events with several items price better per piece, and one delivery covers the set.

Our Kensington venue is a licensed hotel or listed building. Is that a problem?

Both ask for the paperwork before the deposit, and it is ready: the £10 million public liability policy with additional licensed-premises cover, plus the risk assessments and method statements, all part of the quote.

How much space and power does Christmas entertainment need at a Kensington venue?

A 20ft by 20ft clear patch and a 13amp socket covers the reindeer or the snowboard simulator, a level 2.3m by 1.25m corner covers the photo booths, and each arcade or table game covers a table and a socket. Kensington room measurements sent early get a confirmed fit before the date is held.

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