May 13, 2019
Last year BookingsPlus was delighted to launch our inaugural Open Your Space Awards, receiving over 100 nominations from schools, hirers, users and members of the community. The awards are an acknowledgement of the strong partnerships that are forged between schools and local community hirers. This year’s awards open on 20th May with the deadline for […]
May 13, 2019
Vicki Simpson, Springfield’s FC Secretary, nominating Ashton Community Science College, Preston Springfield’s FC is a community club. We have been offering grassroots football for all in a fun, safe, secure environment since 1948 and currently have teams competing in a range of leagues throughout Lancashire. Being able to hire Ashton Community Science College’s facilities has […]
May 13, 2019
Dylan Davis, Soft Services Manager, Cheney School, Oxford At Cheney School, local community engagement is really important to us. Last summer we were able to bring the whole community together on a scale we never thought possible. We worked in partnership with Eid Extravaganza to host what was described as the biggest and best in […]
May 13, 2019
Jo Hardwick, Vice-Captain for Hallam Hellcats Roller Derby, nominating Forge Valley School, Sheffield I am vice-captain for the Hallam Hellcats Roller Derby team. We started the club in 2012 and since then our members have gone onto win several awards. We’re determined to be the best, play competitively and have a blast along the way, […]
May 13, 2019
Rob Orr, Community Coordinator, Vale of York Academy, York At the Vale of York Academy, we like to think that our initials could stand for the Value of Youth! We have a fantastic team of young student leaders from Key Stage 4, who give up a large proportion of their time to give something back […]
May 13, 2019
Our Open Your Space Awards will launch on 20th May. Nominations will will be open from then up until Friday 25th October 2019. The Awards aim to recognise those schools who are opening their doors to their community, bringing benefits to the school, their partners and those who participate. Nominations are invited from all secondary […]
April 16, 2019
JOIN OUR TEAM! Job Title: Senior Customer Service Coordinator (part time – 22 hours per week) Location: Grange Park, Northampton Salary: £20,000 – £25,000 per annum (pro rata) plus discretionary quarterly bonus, pension scheme, life assurance and travel insurance. BookingsGuru is an administration and marketing service that supports schools in managing and increasing their out-of-school-hours […]
April 5, 2019
JOIN OUR TEAM! Job Description: Full Stack Ruby on Rails Developer Location: Grange Park, Northampton Salary: Circa £35000 – £40000 plus discretionary bonus, medical insurance, health insurance, travel insurance, childcare vouchers. Kajima Community have developed BookingsPlus to assist schools in hiring out their facilities to the local community. The system is online and has been developed specifically […]
April 5, 2019
Published by: Independent Education Today Date: 29 March, 2019 Link to full article: www.ie-today.co.uk/Blog/making-your-schools-assets-sweat Our Head of Community, Chris Smith, talked to Independent Education Today about maximising school’s assets by opening facilities up to the local community. It comes as no surprise that independent schools own some of the UK’s best sporting and performing art […]
March 20, 2019
BookingsPlus online lettings software, designed specifically for schools, will help reduce the time spent on your lettings administration whilst helping you maximise your venue income. Leaving you with more time to focus on the core function of running your school. With BookingsPlus you have all you need at your fingertips to ensure your lettings run […]
February 25, 2019
Social media is an invaluable resource to help promote your facilities, drive more traffic to your site and increase enquires as a result. There are only a few simple steps required to begin growing your online presence so please read on for our top tips to advertise your venue online. 1. Create Create a page […]
January 3, 2019
Haverstock School in Camden was built by Kajima and the community access is currently managed by Kajima Community. Over the duration of the 13 year collaboration, Kajima has worked with the school to establish a successful, long term partnership, defined by close cooperation and a clear understanding of shared values. A central aim of the […]
December 5, 2018
Samantha Nixon heads up our marketing team and specialises in promoting the hire of school facilities and their activity timetables to local communities. Here, Sam offers five of her top tips to ensure your school stands out from the rest! Website – ensure you have a very obvious ‘Community Hire’ section on your school website […]
December 5, 2018
Gill Bradley, Founder, Crystal Cats Line Dancing What is the nature of the club you run? I run Crystal Cats Line Dancing. I started my club exactly fourteen years ago with the aim of offering a friendly, lively dance class, and we’re still going strong today! How long have you been hiring school facilities? We […]
December 5, 2018
BookingsPlus is our bespoke online lettings software, designed specifically for schools to help them maximise the use of their facilities out of hours. In 2018, as we celebrate BookingsPlus’s 5th birthday, Development Manager, Jo Doull, takes a look back at why and how the online lettings software was born and what its aims are for […]
December 5, 2018
Penny Gordon, Managing Director, Waterbabies Durham & Darlington What is the nature of the club you run? I run Waterbabies, the number one leading baby swim school in the world. We teach 20 different Chapters for young swimmers, all the way from tiny babies and toddlers to children of around five years’ old. All of […]
December 5, 2018
Durham Trinity School is to use Kajima Community’s BookingsGuru lettings administration and marketing services to facilitate the hiring of its facilities for community use. The School’s sports hall, Multi Use Games Area (MUGA), swimming pool, sports field, cookery room, meeting rooms and classrooms will all be available for hire before and after school hours, at […]
December 5, 2018
We are pleased to announce David Stubbs as our new Training & Customer Service Manager. David’s role will see him train and support new and existing clients in how to use our online lettings software, BookingsPlus. David comes from a software and training background, having graduated with a degree in Computer Science from Staffordshire University […]
December 5, 2018
Last week we announced Amersham School and their community partners The Pauline Quirke Academy as the winners of our inaugural Open Your Space Awards. The school are to be awarded a cash prize of £8,000 in recognition of their partnership with the local performing arts academy. SLS Managing Director and Judge of this years awards, […]
November 21, 2018
We’re pleased to announce the winner of our Open Your Space Awards for 2018. The inaugural award recognises strong partnerships between schools and their local community. Buckinghamshire based Amersham School, has been awarded the £8,000 cash prize, in recognition of the school’s purposeful and strategic engagement with its local community. The Open Your Space Award aims […]