How Pootle stays useful
The Pootle rule
If it has a date, a place, and any family can just turn up — it belongs on Pootle.
If it's selling a service, a product, or promoting a business — it doesn't.
✓ Always welcome
- School & church fairs
- Library sessions
- Free council and holiday-programme activities
- Park and community festivals
- Museum free days
- Splash-pad openings
- Markets and fun days
✗ Never published
- Tutoring and paid classes
- Party entertainers and services for hire
- Childcare offers
- Product promotions or giveaways
- Fundraising appeals (a school fair is an event — a donation link isn't)
We check every single submission by hand before it goes live. That's why Pootle has no spam — and why it stays useful.