Originally Posted by
POBJOY
"All youth based organisations are suffering from a lack of adult staff".
This seems all too true. Partly down to the more stringent and intrusive checks now needed. About a year ago our neighbour responded to a request for volunteers to help out at our youth club. He'd recently retired, had worked with the ATC years earlier and thought he might be of some use at the club.
After filling in forms and waiting for several months for clearance he gave up. He now has a part time job in a garden centre instead. I wonder how many others just give up after waiting months for the safeguarding checks? Perhaps if the system was quicker and simpler there might be more people willing to help out.