Documentation the council will accept
Risk assessments and method statements emailed to you or your venue before the event.
Community, Council & Fun Day Hire
We put together whole-event packages for the gala days, town shows and charity fundraisers a committee has been planning since about February.
Usually the whole field, not one item
Corporate work tends to be one game on one stand. Community work is almost never like that. Somebody has a field, a budget signed off by a committee, an insurance requirement from the council, and a date that cannot move because it is in the parish newsletter. What they need is most of an event, delivered on the same morning by people who have done it before.
That is the bulk of what we do close to home. We have supplied Barnsley Metrodome since 2016 and Elsecar Heritage Centre since 2019, both including repeat bookings for Barnsley MBC. The Niagara Centre in north-west Sheffield has run since 2016 with direct bookings from Sheffield City Council and local adoption services, and Hillsborough Arena takes full-day attraction packages across the park.
What a committee usually needs sorting
These six come up on nearly every community booking.
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Power in a field
Generators supplied where there's no mains on site.
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Staffed operation
Uniformed operators on the equipment that needs them, so your volunteers can run the raffle and the tea urn instead.
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A wet weather answer
Gazebos, marquees and a plan for which items come off first if the forecast turns, and it is worth agreeing that before the day.
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A layout that spreads the crowd
Putting every attraction in one corner makes a bottleneck. We will mark up a site plan if you send us the field dimensions.
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A price that survives a committee
Multiple items on the same delivery normally come down in price, which matters when the budget has to be approved in a meeting.
The usual suspects
This is the traditional stall end of the range, alongside the big inflatables that keep a queue of children busy for four hours. Plenty of it starts under £100.
Hook A Duck Stall Hire
From £495
Coconut Shy Stall Hire
From £295
High Striker Hire
From £295
Giant Helter Skelter Slide
From £645
Mega Jungle Trailer/ Play Bus
From £495
Juvenile Chair O Planes
From £495
Ultimate Wipeout
From £695
Giant Connect 4
From £40.83
Giant Jenga
From £40.84
Tug of War
From £30
Candy Floss Machine
From £295
6 kVA Diesel Generator
From £130
Stage, PA and the bits nobody thinks about
The infrastructure side
A gala day usually needs more than attractions. Somewhere for the brass band or the dance school to perform, a PA that reaches the far end of the field, gazebos for the stalls, tables and chairs, barriers, cable protectors and enough power to run the lot.
We started out in PA hire before diversifying, so this end of it is not an afterthought. We supplied the stage and PA for HesFest at Hesley Wood Scout Activity Centre, and a 7x6m mobile trailer stage with a flown line-array PA for the Migration Matters Festival at Kelham Island Museum. One supplier for the games and the staging means one delivery and one invoice.
Showgrounds and larger sites
Where there is genuinely a lot of space, the packages get bigger. Newark Showground has taken fairground rides, Laser Quest, a Bungee Run, Football Darts, Human Table Football and a Giant Helter-Skelter Slide across its 50-acre site, including repeat county camp bookings for Nottinghamshire Scouts since 2021. Penistone Showground and Doncaster Racecourse both work well for the same reason, which is open ground with proper vehicle access.
If your event is a staff family day rather than a public one, corporate fun day entertainment is the closer fit. For the traditional stall end of it on its own, look at carnival games.
What people say
Jo M works for a large parish council and said they have "used DB Entertainment for the past 10 years" for their annual fun day, and that "the list of items for hire is never ending". Pinx Salon, who have booked their annual charity fun day with us since 2013, made the point that "the quality of the equipment is well maintained and a risk assessment is in place for each piece", and that booking the activities "staffed and powered" leaves the organisers "to concentrate on other aspects on the day". Ellen said we were "punctual, set up with no fuss and cleared the area up after the event too".
Tell us about the day
Committees usually need a written quote to approve, so we will send one you can take to a meeting. Ring 0845 468 0590 if you want to talk through options first.