The District Team has been working hard with the waiting list data to which resulted in a meeting held with the National Regional Development Team. Olly, Stephanie, Hillary & James travelled some distance to spend the evening with us, getting to grips with the waiting list numbers, which by any stretch are huge.
By joining up our waiting list data, National Deprivation Index statistics we’re able to provide a picture of where our challenges lie. Coupled with the interesting conversation with Ian Revill from the Milton Keynes Community Foundation, there are opportunities and avenues available that are helped with the data we have.
We will be looking at a strategic growth programme which may involve new builds, new Groups, multi-venue Groups, Multi-Group venues, as long as they are financially sustainable it’ll be considered. Nothing if off the table if we can get it funded.
Waiting Lists
It’s been noticed that we’re not all using the waiting list in the same way. So I’ll list the steps below so people understand how it’s supposed to be used. If you have any queries or require access to you Manor waiting list, please email [email protected] and we’ll support you.
1. Parent/Carer registers through the website
2. Waiting List Admin suggests three nearest groups, and transfers the record to the relevant waiting list.
3. Section Leaders/Group Admins offer a place, ensuring the “Group Offered & Offer Date” is updated to reflect the current status of the offer.
4. When an offer is accepted the Waiting List record is SHARED with your OSM section, this negates the need to re-key in the data.
5. When the young person is investerd the “Group Offered & Offer Date” column should be updated to reflect the investiture date.
6. Waiting List Admin come along and tidy out the waiting list periodically to move investeds into an Invested List, so we can track the use/success of the Waiting List
Please ensure you follow this process, as it impacts all the other users of the waiting list, and from a GDPR perspective, we need to ensure its kept as accurate as possible
Please do not use local section or group waiting lists, as this skews the figures. If you need assistance in transferring your waiting list to the Manor waiting list, please get in touch [email protected]
Recruitment
This ties into the Waiting List, a number of parents will indicate whether they are willing to volunteer, if Sections and Groups want to offer places to those who have indicated they wish to volunteer, that is your prerogative. We’re not going to tell you who you offer places to, but there are parents there willing to volunteer. If you don’t recruit them, when it comes time to open a new group, or start a new section, those parents will end up being tapped first, so existing Groups & Sections are getting first dibs. |
