Reimagining Facility Management A New Vision for Council Venue Hire Services

Transform your venue hire: Empower people, simplify systems & strengthen communities

Learn how to rethink your venue hire journey! Not just upgrading outdated software, but fundamentally changing how councils and community venue operators partner with technology to reduce friction, improve access, and deliver more value.

You’ll discover:

How to cut down administrative burden, streamline bookings and payments, enable agility & flexibility in how spaces are managed.
How to bring more venues into the fold (including those run by trusts, charities, rural committees).
Case studies showing real savings in time, better financial outcomes, and stronger connections with local communities.

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This eBook is for you if you're...

A council venue & facility team member looking to move beyond manual or semi-manual booking systems and frustrated with rigid, slow-moving legacy solutions.
A council leadership or decision-makers who want to maximise return on ratepayer investment, better utilise existing assets instead of always building new ones, and improve service for residents.
A community venue operators / trust & charity managers who run non-council-owned spaces but who want a more consistent, efficient, and equitable way to manage bookings, financials, and customer experience.
IT / digital transformation teams in local government who need to implement secure, scalable, compliant software that can flex with changing needs (policy, pricing, maintenance, emergencies).
A policy makers & planners thinking about sustainable infrastructure, inclusive access to public spaces, and strengthening local economies through shared spaces.

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Revenue, Finance & Funding

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Bookings & Payments Processes

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Staff & Volunteers

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Community Activation & Engagement

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Managing Hirer Relationships

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Promoting Your Venue

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Placemaking & Neighbourhoods

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Stories From Community Venues

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Want to make managing bookings easier at your venue?

SpacetoCo is the best bookings software to help you take bookings online, ditch repetitive admin and grow your bookings!

Venues like yours are seeing 10-30% growth in income and getting hours of time back to focus on the work you want to do - instead of back & forth emails & chasing invoices.

See for yourself how much easier life could be.

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We've got heaps more free resources, guides and training for community venues...

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Ideas and practical tips for your sports club spaces to become hubs for the community

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How to activate community venues

A practical guide to help you activate your venue into a thriving community hub.

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The ultimate volunteer checklist

Make sure your volunteer recruitment, engagement and retention is top notch!

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How sports clubs can fill facilities gaps

Ideas and practical tips for your sports club spaces to become hubs for the community

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How to activate community venues

A practical guide to help you activate your venue into a thriving community hub.

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The ultimate volunteer checklist

Make sure your volunteer recruitment, engagement and retention is top notch!

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Celebrating community venues

Watch why we think community venues are so important for creating incredible outcomes for society.

Our Community of Partners

This guide was produced from our work helping a number of organisations to share their spaces. Thanks for Co-creating SpacetoCo with us and sharing your experiences.

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