THE ONSIREN VENUE TOOLKIT
Understand the law. Prepare your people.
Free, practical Martyn’s Law guides. Start with the questions that matter at your venue, then bring the right people into the conversation.
Create a guide for any venue. No email or account required.
A guide for the way your place works.
Worked examples, questions to resolve and optional prompts you can use with your team.
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Pubs and bars
Start with the whole pub: the bar, dining areas, function rooms and any associated outdoor space. Then bring the people running those areas into the same conversation.
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Restaurants and cafés
A restaurant’s seating plan is one part of the picture. Look at the people reasonably expected together, the spaces in use and how kitchen and front-of-house teams receive instructions.
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Community halls
A hall can have many users and one unanswered question: who tells each group what to do? Start by identifying the organisation controlling the relevant use and agreeing how each booking receives the current local information.
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Places of worship
Bring services, community activities and external bookings into the preparation conversation. Check the relevant use first, then help the people supporting each activity understand their local roles.
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Events and organisers
An event needs its own set of facts. Agree the event area and the organisation controlling its use, then check how it relates to the host premises and the people expected together.
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Venue teams and security officers
A useful briefing helps each person answer a few concrete questions: who leads, what is my role, how will I receive instructions and where can I resolve uncertainty?
Three things to establish first
What are you assessing?
Confirm the premises or event, its use and the spaces included. A separately operated area or shared building can need a closer review.
How many people are reasonably expected together?
Include the relevant staff and busy periods. Choose a range or leave the answer unknown while you confirm it. Public capacity is supporting information.
Who controls the relevant use?
Identify the relevant person or organisation and resolve any shared responsibility. Bring the operator, host or hirer into the discussion where needed.
What your free toolkit includes
A conditional explanation based on your answers, eight practical worksheets and a private preparation checklist. You can preview a separate general guide, share a fixed version and add an optional password.
Your working answers and progress stay in your workspace and aren’t included in a shared guide. Completing the prompts records preparation progress and provides no certification or safety assurance.
Official sources
Source review: 14 October 2026. OnSiren publishes these guides independently, based on the official sources listed here. The linked organisations retain their official roles, and OnSiren makes no claim of endorsement by the Home Office or the SIA.