GUIDES
Guides for the people behind the camps.
FormSide’s guides are short, specific, UK-focused articles for the people who run sports camps: the Saturday-morning checklist, taking payments without chasing, safeguarding at the gate, filling the last places, and what to do with families’ data.
6 GUIDES
- RUNNING CAMPS7 MIN
How to run a sports camp: the Saturday-morning checklist
Everything that has to be true by 8:45 on the first morning of a camp — the register, the medical notes, the collection list, the money — and the week-before work that makes it true.
Read the guide - PAYMENTS8 MIN
Deposits, instalments and bank transfers: taking camp payments without chasing
How to structure camp pricing so families can actually pay, how to make bank transfers match themselves, and how to stop spending Sunday evenings working out who still owes what.
Read the guide - SAFEGUARDING8 MIN
Safeguarding at a sports camp: DBS, medical notes and who collects whom
The practical side of safeguarding for camp organisers: checking the people who work with children, handling medical information properly, and running a collection process you could defend.
Read the guide - MARKETING7 MIN
Selling out a camp: waitlists, early-bird pricing and reviews
The unglamorous marketing that fills camps: a camp page families trust, an early-bird window with a real deadline, a waitlist that sells places, and reviews that do the talking next season.
Read the guide - SAFEGUARDING9 MIN
GDPR for sports clubs: what you must do with families' data
A working guide to UK GDPR for clubs and camp organisers: what counts as personal data, why children's health notes are special, how long to keep things, and how to answer a parent who asks what you hold.
Read the guide - RUNNING CAMPS7 MIN
Moving from spreadsheets and forms to a booking system
When the form-plus-spreadsheet setup stops working, what to look for in a replacement, and how to switch without losing a season's bookings or a family's trust.
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Where the guides point next.
- FormSide vs spreadsheets and Google FormsJob by job, with an honest note on when a spreadsheet is still fine.Open
- FormSide vs generic ticketing toolsWhere ticketing stops and a camp keeps going.Open
- The registration deskQR check-in, medical notes on arrival, coach groups and the incident log.Open
- Help: how do I get paid?Bank transfer, card, deposits, balances and refunds, step by step.Open
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