Hi, I'm George.

Every year, Derby Kids Camp coordinates 200+ volunteers. Applications come in. DBS checks need tracking. Training certificates expire. People need to sign up for shifts. And someone - usually me - ends up chasing missing forms at 11pm the night before camp starts.

I tried everything. Google Forms. Spreadsheets. Shared drives. Email chains. They all worked... until they did not. The data got messy. Things fell through the cracks. And I spent more time on admin than actually supporting volunteers.

After years of bodging solutions together, I finally built the system I had always wanted. A proper volunteer portal where people can apply online, upload their documents, see their status, and sign up for sessions - all in one place.

The admin dashboard shows me everything at a glance. Who has applied, who is approved, who is missing what. No more chasing. No more copying between spreadsheets. No more 11pm panics.

I know I am not the only one fighting this battle. Every charity, sports club, and community group I have talked to has the same problem: they have outgrown spreadsheets but cannot afford enterprise software.

So I started Beyond Spreadsheets to help organisations like yours get the tools you need without the enterprise price tag. Same portal platform that runs Derby Kids Camp, configured for how you work.

If you are spending your evenings on admin instead of your mission, let us talk. I would love to help.