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Engaging with Parents

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Engaging with parents

Engaging with parents

• 2010 national research on retention and recruitment shows that -

• 40 – 45% of new adult volunteers to section roles come from parents of youth members (or prospective youth members).

• 38% of parents claim never to have been asked to get involved and more than 17% would like to get involved

How do they feel?

Engaging with parents

Engaging with parents

Engaging with parents

•What do we want Parents to do?

• What are the tasks that we can ask the Parents to do?

Engaging with parents

•How do we encourage existing adults that involving Parents will only help strengthen the Group?

•Is it the section leader, Group Executive, parent champion or the GSL that should engage with the

parents? Do parents know who people are (Welcome pack)

•How can DCs support GSLs in parental engagement? (Now on Group RAG Assessments so needs to be

part of annual review discussions).

• So how are you going to do it?

Engaging with parents

Engaging with parents

•Early engagement•Welcome / Induction packs, •Try successful methods from examples •Spend time with new parents •Approach existing parents! •Don’t be afraid to ask. •Culture change

Engaging with parents

Engaging with parents

•Share your successes with others.•Don’t be afraid to seek support from

Development personnel Good luck!

•Thank you for your time today.