Chris Rose, CEO DonateMySchool

Delegates will gain an understanding about the power of crowdfunding, including case studies. Our workshop will cover:

• The difference between a Crowdfund a Project and a Regular Giving campaign

• How to identify the right type of project to crowdfund

• The do’s and don’ts of structuring a campaign

• How to plan a communication strategy to maximise engagement

• Factors to consider when choosing a crowdfunding platform

Attendees will come away knowing how to choose the right project to fund, and run a campaign to maximise success for the school and its community.

Rob Stevens, Goosemoor Educatering

Goosemoor Educatering passion is for improving school food and menus by using the finest in fresh and local ingredients, so that every child has access to a hearty, healthy and nutritious meal.

Their simple philosophy is that children deserve exciting child led menus, with only the finest fresh ingredients, locally sourced where possible. This means the food tastes better, with the added bonus of having travelled less food miles, meaning it has a lower carbon footprint.

Rob will share his knowledge and first-hand experience of the transferring of school kitchens back in-house. This includes the compliance, staff training and kitchen management, alongside all of the day to day running and financial constraints that school kitchens work within. In doing so, you will save money and drastically improve the standard of school meals being fed to the next generation, whilst also supporting local businesses and producers.

Richard Morley, SchoolPro

The GDPR is 3 and a half years old and, although we transferred to the UK GDPR in January 2021, the fundamental legislation has not changed. Organisations are at different stages on their journey towards compliance and ensuring that they are fully accountable for data protection.

During this session, we will look at what your organisation should have in place to establish compliance with the UK GDPR, what systems and processes will allow you to demonstrate ongoing accountability for data protection, and how you can take a pragmatic approach to assessing where your organisation is on the journey. We will look at how you can embed data protection and your Data Protection Officer into key processes such as procurement, auditing, risk assessment, and project management. We will also be looking at the recent themes and hot topics in the data protection that could impact schools and MATs in the near future and how you can be prepared. We look forward to seeing you at the session!

Helen Lumb, Schools Engagement Manager Department for Education

School Buying Programme 2020

The Schools Commercial Team within the Department for Education is leading on the Buying for Schools programme delivering services to support schools to buy non-staff goods and services more efficiently and to make effective use of the resources available to them.

Find out more about the latest initiatives within the school buying programme that will help school buyers get the best value for money and ensure you buy compliantly. The session will provide you with details of the support services available to you and how to access them.

David Tidman, Inventry

Compliance is not a dirty word! In the world schools operate in, there is a constant challenge to evidence that all the right checks on all the right people’ are completed and managing them is an ever-growing challenge. In this session we will look at some of the challenges faced by schools including Single Central Records and Asset Management and how InVentry can help schools to keep an accurate and up to date record and demonstrate this when required.

Jane Mcfall, Scomis Consultant

Hear the story of one trust that collaboratively addressed the three key challenges of centralisation of services and systems, cost and time savings, and fit-for-purpose IT infrastructure, and achieved the goal of improved education outcomes across their nine schools.