Social Distancing Canopies for Schools and Commercial Settings

Social Distancing Canopies for Schools & Commercial Settings

Our social distancing canopies are perfect for all commercial settings including schools, restaurants, hotels, visitor attractions and holiday parks. They enable you to expand your useable space into the outdoors to enforce social distancing without greatly compromising the number of visitors you can welcome. They also create outdoor classrooms within schools and nurseries so children can be kept at the required distance while social distancing requirements are in force, which may be well into next year.

The advice we receive is that at the moment, time spent outdoors is safer than time spent indoors when mixing with others so, if you can provide a space outside that still sheltered from the weather, not only are you expanding your retail, teaching or dining space, you are creating a healthier environment for those on your premises.

Why Choose a Permanent Social Distancing Canopy?
It may be much cheaper in the short-term to purchase a temporary structure however, that may need replacing sooner than you think depending on the quality.

A permanent social distancing canopy is an investment which will benefit your school or business for many years to come. Many of our canopies are supplied with up to 25 year life expectancies and our popular structures such as the Coniston Wall Mounted Canopy is supplied with a 10 year guarantee.

You will find that providing the additional space within your grounds, that is covered with a canopy, will expand your business or teaching space all year round without the need for costly buildings. Your social distancing canopy can be used well after social distancing requirements are in force, which leaves you with even more space to welcome additional customers to your premises, which in turn increase your turnover and customer satisfaction.

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Social Distancing Canopies for Schools, Nurseries, Colleges and Universities

Social Distancing Canopies are becoming essential within educational environments including primary and secondary schools, nurseries, pre-schools, colleges and universities.

They allow you to expand your teaching space so pupils can still go to school, your dining space to avoid the need to stagger lunch times and your assembly space enabling small events to go ahead once restrictions are reduced. Click here to view our School Dining Canopies.

It has been proven for many years that time spent outside is good for us all; adults and children included. It has also been proven that taking lessons outside can improve concentration, enthusiasm and mental health for pupils. So, taking your lessons outside will not only keep your staff and pupils safe, you will be providing a healthier environment even when Covid-19 is long gone.

Another canopy that is becoming essential to schools are the Hand Sanitation Canopies which provide a dry and cool area for your pupils and visitors to wash their hands and to queue whist waiting to enter the school building.

FREE Social Distancing Floor Stickers for Schools
We are currently offering free social distancing outdoor floor stickers to all schools who order a canopy or shelter from us, please click here to find out more: Free Social Distancing Floor Stickers for Schools

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Social Distancing Canopies for Restaurants, Hotels and Bars

Social distancing canopies within restaurants, hotels and bars can be a priceless investment. Because diners from different households need to remain 2 metres apart, you could lose profitable space on your premises. A canopy, however, will enable you to gain some of that space back and increase the number of diners you can welcome in one sitting.

If you have a lot of land such as restaurants within hotels, you can cover very large areas with canopies to allow you to gain all your profitable space back, a great example is our Tarnhow Dome Free Standing Timber Canopy which has an unlimited length and a maximum projection of an impressive 12 metres. The area you could cover with one of these canopies is substantial and could change the meaning of the ‘new normal’ for your business dramatically.

Choosing a robust, permanent structure is key here, if you have a structure that will last 25+ years, why would you buy an inferior, temporary structure that will only provide a year or so weather protection.

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Social Distancing Canopies for Holiday Parks

UK holiday parks worked extremely hard to reopen their sites once it was authorised by the government, whilst keeping their staff and visitors safe at all times. The idea of this may have sounded impossible at first however, there are alterations that have been put into place to ensure holiday goers in the UK can still enjoy a holiday in their home country.

To avoid over-crowded restaurants, outdoor dining canopies can be installed which increases the number of diners your restaurant can welcome, keeping guests happy with a meal out and keeping your profits happy with a bigger than otherwise available turnover. You can view our Outdoor Dining Canopies for Holiday Parks here.

Our canopies can also be used to cover guests that are waiting to enter the on-site facilities such as shops, laundrettes, sports facilities and more.

Outdoor Entertainment Complexes
Investing in a free standing events canopy can create an outdoor complex to entertain children and families, keeping them in the outdoors which can reduce the risk of transmission so long as distancing is adhered to. The Tarnhow Dome Free Standing Timber Canopy is ideal as it can cover 12 metres in width and has an unlimited length so you can entertain and a lot of guests whilst keeping them safe.

Moving your entertainment schedules outside (once permitted) will keep your guests smiling; while they might not be able to enjoy the aquatic leisure facilities for a while such as swimming, they could still enjoy daytime entertainment outside under a canopy.

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Virtual Surveys and Site Surveys

We are able to carry out both virtual surveys (online only) and full site surveys in person, whilst following social distancing guidelines to suit your preferences. To find out more about our virtual survey service please click here: Virtual Surveys or contact us to request either. Alternatively, you can call us on freephone: 0800 389 9072 or email sales@ablecanopies.co.uk.

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Featured Social Distancing Canopies

Please see below a section of our canopies that will make introducing social distancing into your school, restaurant, hotel or holiday easy, or click here view our full range of Canopies for Social Distancing.

Tarnhow Dome Free Standing Canopy	Tarnhow Curved Free Standing Canopy	Coniston Wall Mounted Canopy
Double Grange Free Standing Canopy	Codale Conic Tensile Canopy	Welford Dome Junior Free Standing Canopy

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