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.
2 GUIDES · RUNNING CAMPS
- 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.
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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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