Annual report 2012/13

1. ABC Training Trust Annual report 2012/13

2. Who we are • Board: 9 trustees, 2 officers, 1 BMC observer • Exec: Chair, Treasurer, 2 officers • Officers: Admin and Finance – Anne Garnish Technical Officer – Iain Mckenzie • Coaches and Technical Experts: about 15 around the UK • Ambassadors: Kenton Cool and Hazel Findlay

3. Finances • Gross income of £83,538.09 • Operating loss of £8010.20 for 2012/13 • Balance at year end of £81,018.86 • Down from £89,029.06 • Extra costs: • NICAS seminar – PYB • GB youth team sponsorship • Handbook and logbook rewrite • Sport England funding for 2013/14 of £37,500

4. Registrations 2012/13 • Centres • 218 centres • 36 Primary Centres • 181 Awarding Centres • 12 have/been withdrawn the scheme during the period • Candidates • Data still coming in: 69 centres have reported over 5500 registrations. • This is estimated to represent about 15000 total registrations from all 218 centres

5. Candidate registrations

6. Centre registrations

7. Sport England funding • From 2013 – 2017 (4 yrs) total: £143,500 • Less the BMC’s admin fee (4.1%) • Funding areas • Officer time • Admin time • NIBAS development • Coaching support • Moderation –QA • Quarterly reporting requirement to SE through the BMC

8. Activity 2012-13 • 25+ wall visits – inductions/ training by officer • NICAS Seminar – PYB, January • UIAA affiliation • New handbook and logbooks – from review • Visually impaired logbooks • Resources- Grit Kids film link, coaching cards • GCSE – Edexcel PE specification completed • GB Youth Team sponsorship link • Trial moderations of centres

9. Current developments • Online database • Moderation • NIBAS

10. Online database • Needed to get accurate data • Should ease admin burden – no annual reports • Data protection – no one sees names except centre. You can enter data without names. • Database will generate unique candidate code that validates certificates • Uploading old data may be done on a bespoke basis. • Now live – login through NICAS website

11. Moderations • 3 year cycle for PCs and 5 year cycle for ACs? • Self–audit sent with video to NICAS • Full moderation – visit by TE to observe session. • Confidentiality agreements with ABCTT • Designed to be supportive- not ‘inspections’, but also to advise on delivery and standards of the scheme. • Any concerns outside the scheme dealt with separately directly with the centre.

12. 5 level scheme but independent of NICAS • Very similar structure and admin to NICAS • Centre registration independent of NICAS • TA could be Primary Centre CD, existing TA or an independent CWA • Specific instructor and centre requirements for each level • Trial this autumn and public offering by Feb 2014 (!)

13. NIBAS timeline

14. NIBAS coach requirements

15. NIBAS Centre Requirements

17. Future vision • Increased participation: More climbers, more business. • Youth climbing to become mainstream sport • Better coaches – become mainstream. • Long term participant development – better climbers, more retention. Increase uptake of levels 3-5

18. Any questions?

19. Elections • TODAY • Two trustees up for re-election -Clare de Meyer and Matt Keates - no other applications received. • NEXT YEAR • 3trustees to step down. • 1 trustee up for re-election • New Chair – applications. Vice Chair this year? • Executive Officer Post – paid. 1 day/per week?