Health and Safety
We maintain a personalised 14-page risk assessment and associated training package to help keep us all safe. Below I’ve summarised some of the key steps we have in place, which includes some additional measures introduced during the COVID pandemic that we have elected to maintain as best practice.
We continue to work hard to keep abreast of latest hospitality guidelines and will proactively review all measures if required. If there is anything you are curious about, or think we should be doing differently, I’d welcome your feedback via email at thesheldanpub@gmail.com.
I remain delighted at the willing cooperation of all our patrons and because of this, hope we can continue to provide an atmospheric, enjoyable and safe environment, whether in person on the premises, or for anyone that comes to The Sheldan Inn for a food collection.
Rachel Lennon - Landlady
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Have staff received relevant training?
All our staff have received training on our Risk Assessment and processes.
All staff have achieved ‘The Cask Marque Trust: Bar Excellence’ certification.
What about staff safety?
Staff wash their hands frequently throughout their on-site shifts for a minimum 20 seconds. They wear gloves to load and unload dish and glass washers. They have further access to gloves, plastic aprons - even masks if they wish them!
How do you support customer safety?
There are automatic hand sanitisers at entrances and throughout the property for staff and customer access; we have wipes dispensers and adjacent bins for our customers to access if they want to clean down pool cues etc., before or after use.
How do you keep things clean while you’re open?
We have a regular cleaning discipline in place for all areas, with particular focus on thorough cleaning and disinfection of tables at changeover.
What about access to the ‘facilities’?
We have toilets at both the front and rear of the premises, accessed via wide corridors. We have a regular cleaning programme in place to maintain cleanliness and disinfection.
We’re worried about sharing
For the well-being of diners, wrapped cutlery is provided. Out of consideration for our most severely coeliac customers, one-use-only sachets of seasoning and sauces are in use.
Other measures
We’re in a residential area and have neighbours, so background music throughout the pub is volume controlled; and for special events in particular, we ask that patrons keep the outside doors closed at all times.
Smoking
It goes without saying that smoking is permissible outside the building only, to which end we have invested in a custom shelter to the side of the building at the front, which provides some protection from the elements. Out of consideration for other customers coming in and out (and particularly for those with breathing conditions such as asthma), please never smoke on the front steps.