Recruitment

The effectiveness of the Legion as an organisation depends on its membership. But the membership can be maintained only if new members are recruited.  Recruiting is not always as difficult as it seems. The County Recruiting Team attend many local events with a marquee and have displays to attract attention. These displays highlight the benefits of membership of The Royal British Legion and also the work of the Legion through a wide range of free publicity material such as posters and leaflets. Visitors are asked if they would like to join the Legion and sometimes if they do why they hadn't joined before.


If you want members of the County Recruiting Team to attend your event with the marquee please contact the Principal County Recruiting Officer (PCRO), see below for details.  He will tell you whether any of the Team and the marquee is available. The Team are all busy people so please give as much notice as possible.  (See County Marquee for clarification of use.)


For information on ways to encourage the recruitment of members of The Royal British Legion, follow the link to Recruitment and Retention.

County Marquee

There seems to be a little confusion over the role of the County Marquee.  It's main purpose is to make people aware of the Royal British Legion.  To this end it is used to encourage new members to join, become part of the poppy team, become a welfare worker, and to enable people to understand how we can help them and the service and ex-service community and their dependents.  It is the County arm of Legion in The Community.


The bucket collection is for the marquee fund to help defray costs.  It is not a branch fund raising vehicle, if money is raised for the branch that is a bonus.  A member of the County Recruiting Team will always accompany the marquee, but branches are expected to provide members to man it.


All requests for a marquee must be made directly to the Principal County Recruiting Officer (PCRO), see below for details, to avoid any possible double booking.

Courses

The County needs more Recruiting Advisors, this helps the Branches as well as the County, please contact the PCRO if you can help.  Recruiters are given help with developing their recruiting skills.  Branch members who are actively involved in recruiting should attend a one day Recruiting Advisers Course. These are run at weekends and attendees are provided with refreshments and are reimbursed for their travel.  Membership/LIC seminars are also run periodically within the County. Dates of courses and seminars are available from the PCRO.


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 Retention

Recruiting is important but so is Retention. Statistics show that we in the Legion are quite good at recruiting. But then we don't keep our members and worse, we often lose more than we recruit so numbers are steadily declining both nationally as well as across the County. Despite the negative feeling among some Branches, DDSP is a proven way to keep members and it can only save busy secretaries a lot of work chasing subscriptions. Once recruited, a good welcome often encourages a new member to stay.


For information on ways to encourage retaining members of The Royal British Legion, follow the link to Recruitment and Retention.


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The Derbyshire Recruiting Team

PRINCIPAL COUNTY RECRUITING OFFICER (PCRO)

Mr E Stuart Allen

Telephone : 01283 218177
Mobile : 07530 908805
Email : esa105@hotmail.com


DEPUTY PRINCIPAL COUNTY RECRUITING OFFICER (PCRO

Mr Nigel Winn


RECRUITING ADVISORS

Mr Cliff Burden (West Derbyshire)
Mr Eddie Dobson (South Derbyshire)
Mrs Dilys Elliker (East Derbyshire)


RECRUITING ASSISTANTS

Mr Ron Elliker
Mr John Price
Mrs Pat Price
Mrs Yvonne Robinson
Mr Terry Whittaker


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Recruitment Events

Members of the Recruiting Team will be at the following events, with the marquee, during 2012.

  7 May 2012

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 Heanor
  4 June 2012

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 Allenton
  4 June 2012

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 Mickleover
  9 June 2012

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 Ilkeston
  9-10 June 2012

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 Belper Steam Rally
  24 June 2012

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 County Show
  29 June 2012

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 Chesterfield
  8 July 2012

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 Oakwood
  14 July 2012

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 Melbourne
  14 July 2012

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 Whitwell
  15 July 2012

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 1211 Squadron Open Day
  4 August 2012

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 Bradwell
  31 August, 1-2 September 2012

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 Country Fair at Chatsworth
  8-9 September 2012

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 Festival of Transport

Whilst other dates and events are being considered if you require either the marquee or help in your area please contact the PCRO in the first instance.  Please do not leave it until the last minute to ask for help.  For funding at least 4/5 months notice is required, for the marquee even longer if possible.  For any possible freebies no later than April. We have even less each year, so have to allocate by the end of April.


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