Group Lead Volunteer
4th Ashby Scout Group
The group’s own site: who we are, how to join, and what the sections are doing.
4thashby.org.ukAshby-de-la-Zouch
Jon Bloor
Group Lead Volunteer at 4th Ashby, and the person behind Woggle HQ.
I am a father of four boys, a husband, and Group Lead Volunteer at 4th Ashby. I started as an accounting trainee, qualified as an Accounting Technician in local government, and after a spell as an internal auditor became Commercial Manager for a group of museums. The years since have been visitor attractions, ticketing, retail and membership software.
I am a Fellow of the Association of Accounting Technicians (FMAAT, AATQB) and have lectured in accounts at a local college. I am Pre-Sales Manager at oomi.
Volunteering at 4th Ashby
I have been in Scouting since September 1983. At 4th Ashby the group has grown from about 60 young people to almost 200, with a team of about 40 volunteers.
Local hub
Ashby Scouts
A front door for Scouting in Ashby and the nearby villages: join, find a group, or volunteer.
ashbyscouts.org.ukI was a Cub and a Scout, a young leader, and took on a troop at 18. I ran Cubs from 1997 to 2001, then Scouts at Market Bosworth, and later became Assistant and then Group Lead Volunteer at 4th Ashby. I have taken Scouts camping for more than 250 nights, with expeditions in England, Wales, Scotland and Canada. I currently hold permits for rock climbing, abseiling and the zip wire. I have sat on the County Executive, including the sale of the old headquarters, a development fund, and a modern building for groups across the county, and I am a trustee of scouting charities.
Woggle HQ
Programme ideas, games and camp notes for Scout leaders. The site runs on a WordPress block theme built for it.
From the blog
Projects
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Bill Siren
One shared ledger for a household. Both people see the same books, import a bank CSV, and sort out who is owed what. Pounds and UK dates.
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HealthyNumbers
Free food logging, fitness and calorie tracking. Meals, movement and a calmer daily summary, without turning wellbeing into a spreadsheet.
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OSM Helper
Tools for Scout leaders who use Online Scout Manager: numbers, the waiting list, nights away, top awards, kit and the bank. An independent project, not part of OSM.
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Campfire CRM
A CRM for charities, clubs and small teams. The person, the membership and the last conversation stay on one record.
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Book the Base
Booking for activity days and campsites. Each organisation has its own site. Leaders book places and pay by card or bank transfer.
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Camp Comms
Private camp and event communications for 4th Ashby. Leaders and young people use it on the camp, rather than a public social feed.
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Grid Tracking
Team location sharing during an event, so authorised leaders can see where each group is. Locations stay with that event and are deleted afterwards.
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Easy Time Card
Time tracking for hours, clients and projects, with reports you can filter and print.
easytimecard.com
Experience
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Dec 2021 – present
Pre-Sales Manager
Proposals, demos and presentations for prospective membership and SaaS clients, and the relationships that follow a new piece of business.
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Oct 2021 – Dec 2021
Sales and Training Manager
TOR Systems
Sales work, a CRM implementation, and training syllabi, videos and sessions for people taking up the product.
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Jun 2018 – Oct 2021
Senior Client Relationship Manager
DigiTickets
Key accounts in live events and ticketing, from small events to the National Trust. Onboarding, configuration, training and support, plus the tenders and proposals that went with them.
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2018
Contract
Multi-practice accounting firm
Systems and processes in the cloud, for GDPR and Making Tax Digital.
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2016 – 2018
Contract
Commercial e-commerce
Contract work with commercial e-commerce firms, and a sharper sense of what customer data is worth.
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Feb 2016 – Oct 2016
Retail Manager
National Memorial Arboretum
Visitor centre retail and ticketing: the range, the process, and training the team.
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Apr 2015 – Feb 2016
Implementation Consultant, Attractions
The Access Group
Client projects and upgrades in the not-for-profit division, training at every level, and SQL reports for people making decisions from the data.
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2014 – Apr 2015
Interim Retail Manager
National Memorial Arboretum
Retail and ticketing through to a record trading result.
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2000 – 2012
Heritage Commercial Manager
Leicestershire County Council
Snibston Discovery Museum and Bosworth Battlefield. The post grew from finance into commercial management across six sites, with a budget of about £1 million. Retail revenue doubled in three years, a new shop was designed and fitted, and catering brought in-house went from a £30k loss to a small profit in the first year. EPoS and ticketing then went out across the sites.
Education
- PRINCE2 FoundationJuly 2019
- AAT Technician, NVQ Level 4Fellow of the AAT, and AATQB
- BTEC National Certificate in Business and Finance
- A levels in Economics and General Studies
- GCSEs, including Maths and English
Certificates
Space for certificates as they are added. Nothing here is claimed yet.
- DodigitalTo add
- HubSpotTo add
- GoogleTo add
- XeroTo add
- QuickBooksTo add
Family
Contact
Domains for sale
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