Venue operating system · Rev. 01

Every room.
Every booking.
Nothing double-booked.

Hallory is the calm way to run a busy community venue: bookings, floor plans, volunteers, staff and payments in one drawing everyone can read. Built for churches, halls, clubs and non-profits. No training required.

Free early access · Founding pricing at launch

St Mary's Community Hall · Live planYour venue, mapped

0 double bookings

2 awaiting payment

Built for every kind of community space

ChurchesCommunity hallsVillage hallsSports clubsCharitiesYouth clubsScout groupsSchoolsYoga studiosChoirsCommunity centresNon-profits

Fig. 02 · The problem

The diary is broken.
So we built something calmer.

2 clashes, 1 lost deposit

0 clashes

MonTueWedThuFriSat

ChoirYogaToddlersPartyCommittee

Same Saturday · every booking in its place

No more double bookings

Every request is checked against the whole calendar. A clash simply cannot be approved.

One calendar for everything

Every room, colour-coded, readable at arm’s length across day, week and month.

Requests, sorted

People ask online. You see it, check it, approve or decline in one tap.

Money you can see

Cash, transfer or cheque: anything still owed stays amber until it is settled.

The diary can retire now.

One calm place for every booking · free early access

Join the waitlist

Fig. 03 · How it works

From first request to final payment

my.hallory.app

Fig. 04 · Three portals, one system

Everyone sees exactly what they need,
and nothing they don't

Admins run the venue. Staff see their shifts. Volunteers pick up requests near them. Three simple views of the same calm system, so nobody is ever out of the loop.

Admin portal

Run the whole venue

Bookings, rooms, floor plans, invoices, reports and the team. Everything in one place, nothing behind jargon.

MonTueWedThuFri

ChoirYogaWedding

Staff portal

Shifts without the group chat

Schedules, clock in and out, leave requests and payslips. Staff answer their own questions before they ask you.

Today9:00 – 15:00Clocked in

Thu12:00 – 18:00Scheduled

FriLeave dayApproved

Volunteer portal

Helpers find you

Volunteers sign up through a shared link, see requests in their area, and confirm in one tap. The rota fills itself.

Coffee morning2 needed

Foyer · Sat · 10:00

ARAmanda R.Confirmed

SKStephen K.Confirmed

Fig. 04b · Public booking pages

Hirers book themselves in.
You just approve

Share one link. Hirers see every room with photos, capacity and amenities, check real availability, and send a request in under a minute, even from their phone. If the event needs helpers, they can request volunteers in the same form.

Room photos, capacity and amenities up front
Only genuinely free times are shown
Volunteer help requested in the same step

book.hallory.app/st-marys

Hall B · seats 60

Hall B · St Mary's Community Hall

ProjectorKitchen accessStep-freeWi-Fi

Saturday 28 March

9:0010:0011:0012:0013:0014:00

Request this room · 11:00

Your hirers will thank you.

Public booking pages included on every plan

Join the waitlist

Fig. 05 · And the rest

Everything a venue needs,
nothing it doesn't

Tasks that actually get done

Venue to-dos on a simple board: assign, move, done. The heater gets fixed before Sunday, not after.

To do

Fix hall heater

Order chairs

Doing

Paint foyer

Done

PAT testing

Resources & equipment

Projectors, chairs, the sound system. Assigned per booking, so two events never claim the same kit.

Projector · Hall BChairs ×60PA system

Staff, rotas & leave

A friendly mini-HR system: employment types, schedules, clock-in, leave and weekly wage costs, sized for small teams.

James · Sat shiftClocked in

Finance you can explain to the committee

Invoices, payment tracking and clean PDF reports. Amber means still owed; green means banked. That is the whole system.

Wedding reception · Main Hall£320

Yoga (Karen) · Hall A£30

Fig. 06 · Who it's for

Made for the people who keep community spaces running

Churches

Services, bible study, choir practice, weddings and outreach, all sharing the same halls without stepping on each other.

Hallory for churches →

Recurring weekly services
Volunteer rotas for events
Charity rates for community groups

Village halls

The beating heart of the village, run by a committee with better things to do than untangle a paper diary.

Hallory for village halls →

Public booking requests
Clear hire pricing per room
Simple enough for any trustee

Community centres

Yoga at 9, toddler group at 11, a birthday party at 2. Every hire on track and every hirer informed.

Hallory for community centres →

Colour-coded multi-room calendar
Payments tracked to the penny
Floor plans everyone understands

Sports clubs

Training nights, matches, committee meetings and fundraisers, run by the same volunteers who do everything else.

Hallory for sports clubs →

Pitch and hall bookings together
Member organisations on file
Kit and equipment per booking

Charities & non-profits

Every pound and every hour accounted for, with reports the trustees can actually read.

Hallory for charities & non-profits →

Waive fees in one click
Volunteer management built in
Clean PDF reports for the board

Fig. 07 · Pricing

Simple pricing, revealed at launch

Two straightforward plans: no per-user charges, no surprises. Waitlist members unlock prices first and keep founding rates forever.

Community

/month

Revealed to waitlist members first

Unlimited bookings & rooms
Volunteers & staff included
Invoices & payment tracking
Public booking request pages
Email support
Single venue

Full house

/month

Revealed to waitlist members first

Everything in Community
2D floor plans for every building
Priority support
Multiple venues
Advanced reports
Early access to new features

Join the waitlist to unlock pricing

Fig. 08 · Questions

Asked by every committee, answered here

Hallory is venue management software for community spaces: churches, village halls, community centres, sports clubs and non-profits. It brings bookings, a colour-coded calendar, 2D floor plans, volunteers, staff and payment tracking into one calm place that anyone can use without training.

Yes, this is the heart of the system. Every booking request is checked against the whole calendar the moment it arrives. If two groups want the same room at an overlapping time, Hallory flags the clash and will not let it be approved.

Yes. Each venue gets a public booking page where hirers can browse rooms with photos, capacity and amenities, see genuinely available times, and send a booking request, including asking for volunteer help if their event needs it. You stay in control: nothing is confirmed until you approve it.

You share a signup link for a booking or event, and volunteers register themselves. No accounts to create on their behalf. Volunteers also get their own portal where they can see requests near them, their schedule and their hours. Staff have a separate portal for shifts, clock-in, leave and payslips.

Hallory tracks payments rather than processing them. Most community venues take cash, bank transfer or cheque, so you mark payments as received, and anything still owed stays highlighted until it is settled. Clean invoices can be generated and sent in seconds.

No. Hallory is deliberately built for non-technical committees and older volunteers. Add your rooms, sketch a simple floor plan if you like, and share your booking page. Plain English throughout, no jargon, and no training courses required.

Pricing is revealed at launch: two straightforward plans with no per-user charges. Waitlist members get free early access and lock in founding-member pricing forever.

Fig. 09 · From the blog