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Conferences & Banquetting
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Millwall Charter Posted on: Thu 26 Jun 2008
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Where required, the Club will acknowledge receipt of any contact from a customer within 3 working days. The Club responds by telephone, e-mail, fax or by letter. If a written response is requested, a written response will be supplied.
Where a written response is requested, the Club will endeavour to do so within 10 working days. The club does not respond to correspondence and/or complaints by email unless the name and address of the sender is provided.
The Club recommends that customers contact the relevant department of the Club regarding their particular query or difficulty between normal weekday working hours, i.e. 9.30 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. The numbers for those departments can be found on the Contacts page, and can be accessed by clicking here.
Where the customer feels that the query or difficulty has not been resolved satisfactorily following contact with the relevant department, the customer should write to the General Manager, Millwall FC, The Den, Zampa Road, London, SE16 3LN. The General Manager has overall responsibility for customer service. Copies of this charter are available from the General Manager, Main Reception or the Ticket Office. |
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The Club is an equal opportunities employer. A copy of the Club's policy can be obtained from the General Manager.
We endeavour to provide customers and supporters with quality, value for money and a high standard of service. Training and support is provided to ensure these standards are maintained.
However, Club Staff are instructed not to serve customers that use foul or abusive language or threaten them. Customers are advised that CCTV is in use and the Club will not hesitate to ban customers from the Club's premises where their behaviour warrants it. |
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The Club consults with supporters on a regular basis through periodic Forums, and is committed to close liaison with the MSC (Millwall Supporters Club). Efforts are made to hold monthly meetings with the MSC Committee with a Director of the club being present.
The Club publicises its position on major policy issues in an easily digested format in the Club matchday programme, via the official internet site www.millwallfc.co.uk, and through press releases.
The Club has and continues to develop ways to consult with shareholders, sponsors, our Local Authorities, residents groups, disabled organisations and other minority groups. Shareholders of Millwall PLC can obtain financial information via the Club's website and register for future information to be sent electronically. The Holdings Company website is www.millwallholdingsplc.co.uk.
The Club gives the earliest possible notice of any material changes to its normal ticketing policy and the reason for the changes.
The Club undertakes research on the design and number of new first team strips. |
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The Club continues to strive for wider access to matches by offering a broad range of ticket prices.
The Club will provide: -
1 Concessions for junior supporters under the age of 16. 2 A Family Enclosure area for the exclusive use of family groups and junior home supporters 3 Concessions for Senior Citizens (Age 65 or over) 4 Support for disabled supporters in wheelchairs & their personal assistants.
The Club has a co-ordinator for disabled supporters, Mrs Georgina Gray, and she may be contacted for details of disabled facilities and ticket allocation between normal working hours. Details are also on the Club website under Club/Disabled Information.
Ticket prices for matches in other competitions have to be agreed between the two clubs and will be announced when agreed.
The Club will seek to offer tickets at reduced prices in the early rounds of other competitions subject to agreement from the opposing Club.
The Club will arrange through an external credit agency a suitable scheme whereby customers may pay for season tickets by instalments. The interest rate will be determined by the credit provider
The Club has a small number of restricted view seats and the Club's policy is to charge the standard price for these seats when they are sold.
The Club has a facility to enable supporters to purchase Matchday tickets for home matches in advance using Visa, Mastercard or Switch 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The facility is available by telephoning Ticketmaster on 0870 403 3357. There is a customer service charge per ticket (currently £1.28) and an order processing fee per transaction (currently £1.30). These charges may be varied from time to time and any changes will be shown on the Club's website under Ticket Information. Different charges may apply to FA Cup matches or other big matches.
Where the Club indicates to customers that postal booking is acceptable, all applications for tickets must be accompanied by details of the tickets required, a remittance for the correct amount in favour of Millwall FC, the correct voucher or MSC Team Card details if required and a stamped addressed envelope. The Club is under no obligation to process applications for postal bookings when the application does not meet with the above requirements and is therefore incomplete. |
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The Club will make available at least 5% of tickets to each match at the Den to non season ticket holders
Where tickets are sold for home matches for other competitions, the Club will offer them for sale in the following order: -
1. Season Ticket Holders 2. MSC Members & Lions Cardholders 3. General sale
Season ticket holders, MSC members or Lions Cardholders must produce the appropriate voucher or their current valid MSC Team Card.
Where the Club sells tickets for its away matches, the Club will offer them for sale in the same priority. The appropriate voucher or valid MSC Team
Card or Lions card must be produced. Whilst the Millwall away ticket scheme is in operation, there will be no general sale. Full details of our away ticket policy are on the Club's website under Ticket Information. The home Club determines the cost of these tickets.
The overriding principle when demand exceeds supply is to reward loyalty. Attendance at home matches (including Cup matches) may be tracked and used as a means of allocating tickets for the bigger games. |
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Refunds are available on tickets purchased for our home matches up to 24 hours before kick off time. No refunds will be given on the day of the match or later.
If a home match is postponed prior to kick off, ticket holders are entitled to free admission to the rearranged home match or a refund. If a refund is required, the ticket must be returned to the Ticket Office not less than 24 hours prior to the kick off on the new date.
Refunds will not be made if a home match is abandoned after kick off. However, spectators are entitled to half price admission to the rearranged home match so long as the matchday ticket to the abandoned match is retained. The Club will advise the procedure to be followed through the appropriate channels.
Season Ticket holders that forget their Team Card season ticket will need to purchase a match day ticket from the Ticket Office. The cost of the match day ticket will be refunded if the Team Card with the relevant match unused is presented at the Ticket Office within 14 days of the match.
If an original Team Card season ticket or MSC Membership card is lost, there is a charge of £5 for a new card to be issued.
No duplicate Team Cards will be issued in respect of lost, stolen, or forgotten Team Cards on Members Only match days. |
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The Club has an official Supporters Club known as MSC. Membership is open to all Millwall supporters so long as they are not banned or subject to an exclusion order. By joining the MSC, supporters can qualify to receive any benefits provided to members by the Club.
The benefits that the Club gives to MSC members may be varied from time to time.
You do not have to be a member of the MSC to buy tickets for our home matches. However, all supporters that wish to attend matches at The Den designated as 'Members Only' matches will be required to join the MSC or they will not be allowed into the Stadium. All applications for membership must include proof of identity and address together with a current photograph.
When a match is designated as members only, notice will be posted on the website, in local newspapers, and in the matchday programme.
For season 2008/9 the charge for adult membership is £12. Juveniles under 16 can join the Junior Lions Membership Scheme. The charge is £10 for two seasons.
Season Ticket holders are given free membership of the MSC. They receive benefits from the Club that may be varied from time to time and do not automatically become entitled to all the benefits available to MSC members
The Club allows supporters to elect a committee to represent the MSC. The Chairman of the MSC and the Club liaise closely on issues affecting supporters and the MSC gives supporters the opportunity to air their views and meet the Club's Chairman, team manager & officers at Forums.
The Lions Cardholders scheme is now closed. The Club is providing discounts on match tickets and ticket priority promised when the Lions Card Scheme was launched.
The Junior Lions organisers operate a selection process whereby Junior Lions can apply to be chosen as ballboys/girls and the matchday mascot at home matches. |
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Our policy is to allocate the Upper North stand to away supporters where the capacity is in the region of 2400 seats. This is in excess of 10% of the capacity.
Where a large away following is expected, consideration may be given to opening the lower tier of the North stand. This is at the Club's discretion and subject to the agreement of the Police & other authorities.
The Club abides by Football League regulations governing the allocation of tickets to visiting Clubs. However, if it is deemed necessary for reasons of safety, after consultation with the Police and other authorities, the Club reserves the right to ban away supporters from the Stadium. For season 2008-2009, the Club has indicated that away supporters will be welcome at the Den and the Club will not seek to ban the fans from any away team.
The Club does not charge admission prices to supporters of a visiting Club, which are higher than those charged to our own supporters for comparable accommodation.
Our concessionary rates offered to Senior Citizens (Age 65 or over) and junior supporters under 16 apply to supporters of a visiting Club. |
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The Club's current sponsorship obligations require a new home replica kit to be launched each season. Replica kits are unlikely to have a lifespan of more than two seasons.
The Club will be launching one new home kit and one new away kit at the start of the season. The launch dates will be announced through the local media and on the Club's website.
Details of the next intended change of kits will be advised in the Club matchday programme, in local newspapers, and on the Club's website.
The Club carries out its obligations under Football League regulations to prevent price fixing in relation to the sale of replica strips.
The Club offers refunds on merchandise in accordance with its stated policy and legal obligations. Proof of purchase is required. Videotapes, cassette tapes, computer software and compact discs can only be exchanged if faulty. |
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On 1st July 2007, the law prohibiting smoking in the workplace came into force and that includes all internal areas of any business. The Club and all other Football League clubs must comply.
Therefore, on 1st July 2007, The Den became a smoke-free zone at any time. There will be no smoking permitted at any match or other event at The Den.
This new legislation has been incorporated into the Ground Regulations.
Supporters will be required to extinguish their cigarettes before entering the stadium.
There will be no opportunity to leave the internal area of the stadium during a match or at half-time to smoke outside the building as re-admission will not be permitted.
Non compliance with the legislation and the Ground Regulations will result in ejection from the stadium. The Club is obliged to enforce this policy as it can be fined or prosecuted if it does not do so.
Any supporters and visitors found smoking on the premises will be liable personally for fixed penalty fines that may be levied and/or criminal prosecutions that may be brought by the appropriate authority. |
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The Millwall Community Scheme is a registered charity and whilst formally a separate company to the Club, it is effectively the community department of Millwall FC. Created in 1985, the original brief was to bring the Club closer to the local community by opening up the Club's facilities to the local community. The Scheme's offices are at the Lions Centre next to the main stadium, and its principle objectives remain true today some 20 years later.
These are as follows: 1. T o provide sporting, educational, social and healthy lifestyle opportunities to the residents of the London Boroughs of Lewisham and Southwark at affordable prices. 2. To encourage more people, especially children, to participate in and watch football from grass roots to elite level. This includes offering a coach education programme to develop coaches and managers, and working with the Millwall FC Youth Department to identify talented youngsters to participate in the youth programme. 3. To use sport as a vehicle to engage young people in constructive activities, helping to address social issues such as anti-social behaviour and criminal activities, to support people into education, training and employment through coach education courses and to provide health benefits through participation in physical activity. 4. To promote closer links between Millwall FC and the local community, and thereby encouraging more people to become interested in and support Millwall FC. 5. To work with the Millwall Playing for Success scheme and encourage school to use the PfS IT facilities, thereby giving the children the opportunity to improve their numeracy and literacy and ICT skills and confidence. 6. To open the facilities of the Lions Centre to the local community and offer them the opportunity to play a variety of sports, not otherwise available in the local area. This includes the state-of-the-art indoor astroturf centre at the rear of the Lions Centre which offers an all year round football facility to the local community as well as commercial and other organisations. The facility uses third generation Astroturf, and meets FA Regulations for Academy usage in terms of size and standards and includes player changing facilities and a spectator area. There is also full disabled access.
The Scheme is funded through a range of sources including grants, fees from schools coaching, soccer schools and coach education and training, and hire of the Lions Centre.
The Club and its players fully support the Scheme and its activities. |
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