A welcome addition at our event
Having a ‘Temporary Events Notice’ (TENs) allows you to legally sell alcohol on your premises ie church hall/rooms. Without a TENs you cannot sell alcohol, only give it away!
At St Catherine’s, Mile Cross, Norwich we have applied for a TEN on two occasions and had no problem obtaining them. One occasion was when a family hired the hall for an engagement party. They had purchased the alcohol but could not withstand the cost of giving it away. A TENs allowed them to legally ‘sell’ it to their guests.
We also had a TENs for our fund raising ‘Black Tie Event’ at which we too purchased the alcohol and sold it to our guests at a ‘good price’ (ensuring it made a bit of profit towards the funds).
TENs are quite straight forward to apply for. Go online (google Temporary Event’s Notice). This will take you to the UK GOV site. All you have to do is put in the postcode of the premises for which you want the licence for. This will give you the details of the council which would be responsible for issuing the licence. From there it is an extremely simple ‘path’ to follow step by step. You can apply online or request the forms to be sent to you. The details of the responsible council will include the telephone number for the licencing department and I had reason to check one or two things out the first time. My experience was that they were very helpful.
There is a small cost for a TENs which is £21.
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The Revd Ruth Lambert
Licensed clergy - Curate OLM (Ordained Local Minister), Mile Cross (Benefice)
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