Terms & Conditions

General Terms/Health & Safety

A designated and responsible adult(s) (18 years or over) within the your party must supervise all children and equipment at all times. Its is the responsibility of the Hirer (you) to ensure their guests' safety is paramount, such as not allowing anyone to go near the wires or switches for the dome and ensuring children are playing safely with ALL of the hired equipment including the role play and softplay areas. Whilst we hold our own public liability and risk assessments for our set ups, it the Hirer's responsibility to have their own risk assessment and public liability for their event.

Once the soft play or inflatable equipment is set up, the safe operation of all

equipment becomes the responsibility of the named Hirer (you) who must ensure that all

possible steps are taken to avoid injury to the children attending or damage to the

equipment supplied.

*Little Sprouts Playtime will not supervise the event and does not accept liability for any damage, accidents or injuries that may occur whilst the equipment is on hire.

Children are not permitted to play on the equipment during set up or collection. 

Bubble Dome Hire 

Our dome is 8ft and extra large in size, it is the hirer's responsibility to ensure the venue is an adequate size for the equipment. 

No more than 6 children inside the dome at a time. Avoid large children and small children using the dome at the same time. You must enter the first zipped door first, after entering you need to close the zip before you enter into the dome with the balloons. All zips must remain shut at all times. Please do not allow your children to restrict the air coming into the dome via the inflation tube, this can stop the air from circulating and may deflate. Balloons must remain in the dome at all times. No furniture should be placed inside the dome or close to it as this will cause damage.

Softplay Hire 

Our softplay is only for ages 8 and under, it is your responsibility to ensure balls remain in the ball pit to prevent trip hazards, and that there is no movement to the set up such as panels removed from the ballpit (making it unsafe) and that the areas do not become overcrowded and unsafe

Role Play Hire

Our role play area is designed for children under 6 and must be supervised by the Hirer at all times, in order to avoid any potential safety issues and damage to the set up occurring. All items will be inspected fully and should any damage be found the full damage deposit shall be kept by Little Sprouts.

The set up cannot be fixed to flooring owing to being mobile so extra care must be taken by the Hirer to ensure upmost safety of those attending, by supervising the area throughout and stopping anyone causing any damage being made to the stations, stations being moved or climbed on as Little Sprouts take no responsibility for safety not being maintained in this regard. 

Pricing

Our charges are based on time spent, travel costs and cleaning fees. Our charges are based on a two-hour party hire.

An additional fee of £25.00 shall be applied for every hour beyond this time.

Little Sprouts are located in St Albans and offer free delivery within a ten-mile radius. Should your event be outside of this area, there shall be a delivery charge of £2.00 per additional mile.

Little Sprouts charge a damage deposit fee of £50.00 per party hire booking.

*Please note, should there be no damage to our party hire items, your damage deposit 

shall be refunded within 72 hours. However, should there be any form of damage to our items, you shall not receive your damage deposit back.

The following are NOT permitted near our hire equipment;

● Facepaint, pens and crayons

● Food or drinks

● Shoes

Please note, it is your responsibility to put back our set up in the same order as it was left (i.e. balls in the ballpit and correct items in each stand ready for our collection). Should the set up not be put back in this order by the collection time, you shall be charged £25.00 from the damage deposit amount to cover the extra time spent tidying.

Should you cancel your booking within two weeks of your event, we shall be entitled to retain the

deposit paid. However, you will be provided with a refund for any monies paid for the booking itself.

Payment is required two weeks prior to the event. Please discuss payment plans with the Director, Shelley Sproat should you wish to pay in instalments.

Please note, the emailed terms shall need to be signed (meaning you agree to the above) and returned in order for your party to proceed. 

Providing of Services

Little Sprouts Playtime shall attend at your premises on the basis of there been easy access for us to unload and pack away the party items within the timeframe provided (1 hour to 1.5 hours either side of the booking).

It is your responsibility to ensure that the premises will be suitable for up to 30 children (the maximum amount of children we permit to make best use of our party hire and ensure safety) and that there is enough space for items listed above. Should you engage in any other services (such as entertainers, additional party hire, backdrops etc) you will need to confirm this and ensure there is still enough space within the premises to accommodate all services.

If, for any reason, we cannot provide our services on the agreed date and time, we shall provide you with as much notice as possible and provide you with a full refund (if payment has been made).