Hire our beautiful studio

Said to be the most beautiful practice space in Sussex, our lovely Sycamore studio is available to hire. We also offer treatment rooms for hire.

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Studio hire

Lovingly created by Sevanti with inspirational touches of Turkish interior design, Sycamore studio is a large, high-ceilinged room with a gorgeous sprung floor, underfloor heating, sound system and lovely, flexible lighting. Windows can be open and airy or closed and snug, with wooden shutters and thick, long curtains.

Sycamore suits a variety of uses – not just classes and workshops but events, meetings, rehearsals, performances, exhibitions and private functions, including celebrations and sit-down meals, all in calmly inspiring, atmospheric surroundings. It has a capacity of up to 50 and is charged by the hour.

Availability

  • Mondays–Thursdays: some availability 9am–9pm, with a possible extension to 10pm, subject to our timetabled classes and other events.
  • Fridays: daytimes 11am–6.30pm are offered. Evenings may be available from 7pm.
  • Saturdays: afternoons 1pm–6.30pm are offered. Evenings may be available from 7pm.
  • Sundays: generally not available but if you’ve a strong Sunday need (or would like a whole weekend booking) do please ask.

Please note that, for all hires, our doors close no later than 10pm on weekdays and 9.30pm on Saturdays.

Capacity

Sycamore’s capacity depends on its use. A yoga workshop with mats occupies a very different space to a seated public meeting, a board-style meeting, a dance rehearsal or a live performance. For guidance, at a small music gig or similar, around 50 people can comfortably be seated on chairs and floor cushions, with a few standing at the back. This assumes a ‘typical’ performance space: the bigger the performance space, the smaller the audience space. For workshops and classes using mats, you might think in terms of 15-20 people, dependent on what you’re doing.

The best way to answer questions about using the space is to visit us, see the room and speak to us.

Treatment room hire

You may also hire one of our lovely, relaxing treatment rooms, inclusive of couches. For larger needs, we can accommodate three or four couches together in Sycamore. For more information on treatment hire, please visit our therapist work page.

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Pricing

Sycamore costs £25/hour to hire. It’s as simple as that.

And to each booking we will add, free of charge, 15 minutes for you to get in and set up and 15 minutes for you to pack up and get everything (and everyone) out.

Bookings are in hourly increments between 1 and 4 hours, with 8 hours occasionally available (please ask). If your session is not exactly an hour or a multiple of hours, please round up to the nearest hour as we don’t offer part-hours. So if you have a 90 minute workshop you’ll need to book two hours, and so on.

Most clients pay only the hourly rate. For some, there may occasionally be additional charges (or a deposit) which are given below.

Get-in and get-out time

As mentioned above, for each session booked we will automatically add an additional 15 free minutes immediately before the session, to enable you to get in and set up, and 15 free minutes immediately following the session, for you to pack up and leave the space. These are strictly non-contact times and may not be used for anything other than your get-in and get-out. They are not for class overruns.

Out-of-hours charge

If your booking is outside our advertised reception hours and this is your first out-of-hours studio hire with us, you’ll need a member of our staff on site, for which we’ll automatically add a supplementary charge of £15 per hour. This means we can be on hand to help you get used to the building and routines, and to open up and/or lock up the Centre. There is no such supplementary charge when reception staff would normally be on the premises.

Deposit

This also applies only to out-of-hours hire. If this is your second time hiring out of hours and we don’t see the need for a member of our staff to be with you, we will instead charge a £50 deposit. This will be refundable unless we need to make deductions to cover our costs in rectifying or covering

  • any damage
  • any cleaning/clearing/tidying of rooms not left as they were found
  • the use of any parts of the Centre not included in the hire agreement

Refunds as appropriate will be made approximately two weeks after the date of hire.

Overruns

If, despite this free time, you overrun, we will charge the excess to the nearest hour, plus an admin fee, no exceptions.

This is because an overrun by you may prevent us from handing the room on time to another paying client or prevent staff from going home at the end of their shift.

So if the studio is not vacated within 15 minutes of the end of a session, we will automatically charge you a further hour at the full hourly rate plus a £10 administration fee, to be applied automatically to your payment method without further notice.

For the avoidance of doubt, you are absolutely responsible for the prompt departure of your clients, students or guests: their slow departure, or the knock-on effect of such slow departure on your ability to vacate, will not be a valid reason for us to waive an overrun charge.

How to hire

We hope soon to bring our studio hire process online. Meanwhile, please use the link below. Bear in mind that, to accept your booking, we’ll ask you for:

  • Your preferred hire dates and times – we’ll try hard to meet your first choice but please provide alternatives in case it isn’t available
  • The name, nature and details of your class/workshop/event
  • Proof of your appropriate insurance cover, including a minimum £10m public liability insurance
  • Any catering/hospitality requirements
  • Details of how people can book places and/or buy tickets

Once we’ve agreed the date(s) with you, we’ll send you an agreement, containing our terms and conditions, for your signature. We’ll then be ready to take payment for fees as above plus any supplementary charge and/or deposit where required (see above).

If you would like to visit the Unity Centre and studio(s) before or after you agree your booking, please make an appointment with our lovely reception team by phoning 01273 778400, emailing reception@being-in-unity.com or popping in. Please note that you may not be able to visit the studio or individual treatent rooms on spec, if you pop in without prior arrangement, as they may be in use.

If you have any other enquiries about studio hire, including availability, please email studio@being-in-unity.com.

Catering

If your event or function requires catering, please note that we have only a small food preparation area and no commercial cooking facilities on site, so catering would generally have to be prepared off-site and brought in.

Alcohol

If you’re planning to serve alcohol at your event or function, please let us know before you confirm your booking, so that we can consider and discuss your plans and, for example, any licencing implications.

Publicity

We’ll help you publicise your event on our website, in our reception and on social media but the primary responsibility for publicity is yours. To help us do our bit, we’ll ask you for

  • The name, nature and details of your event, as mentioned above, including a short one-paragraph summary and an even shorter 10-12 word summary
  • High quality publicity photos/images (preferably three)
  • A handful of A5 or A6 flyers (not posters) to be displayed in our reception area (and replenishments if they go quickly)

The earlier and better you can give us these things, the more effective we can be. You will also be welcome to discuss with our social media team any videos or other materials that you can provide for social media use.

If you have any questions about publicity, please email comms@being-in-unity.com.

To find out more or to start the hire process, please get in touch

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