[999nhs-coordinators] Route Signoff Deadline

[James Eaden]

Hi Emma
Just an update on where we are on the Derbyshire legs of the march ( Tuesday
26th Sheffield - Chesterfield/ wed 27th Chesterfield - Mansfield)

We have outline routes for both days and have been in contact with all of
the relevant authorities- we don't yet have "sign off" but hopefully that
should come soonish. 

Essentially the plan is that we will take over "ownership from the Sheffield
crew as the march crosses the Sheffield / Derbyshire border early
afternoon(ish) on Tuesday 26th. We have a drinks/ loo break/ civic welcome
sorted out in Dronfield at an appropriate venue, and will then walk through
into Chesterfield  where we have a welcome rally planned for the market
square and have also booked the market halls  in the town centre where we
can put on refreshments /loos etc etc. We have begun to put together some
lists for accommodation.

On the Wednesday we plan to assemble by the Royal Infirmary( slightly out of
town) and the march will then go via Bolsover where we have a lunchbreak
venue booked. The march then goes via Pleasley where we also have a break
venue at the Miners Welfare and then up into Nottingham. As we cross over
into Notts we will hand over to the Mansfield / Nottingham co-ordinators.

We have pretty well established local press/ media contacts who we will
mobilise and also good contacts via TU/ labour party/ NHS campaigns etc
which we are mobilising. I don't think that the campaigning/ publicity end
of the operation will be  problematic at all.......

I have got a few  practical / organisational questions/ issues which I would
like to raise and maybe have a chat about.........

On a practical techie side, I don't seem to be able to amend and then save
the google maps which are on the grid. The current routes they are showing
will not be accurate. Can I do that, or do you need to do it from your end?

On the issue of numbers. I'm still not quite clear about the sort of numbers
of people we might expect on either leg we are responsible for. This will
raise issues for catering/ accommodation etc, but also for some of the road
safety /march stewarding issues which we will face.

Are there any plans for support for the march from your end. EG support
vehicles/ first aid etc? Will you have "non marchers" who are accompanying
the march to act as support?

Start times. I notice that that the standard start times seem to be 10.30.
Is this fixed? I'm a bit concerned about timings, giving time for breaks
along the route etc. My only experience of this was the March for Jobs which
came through 2/3 years ago- there they had significant problems of falling
behind schedule.

I noticed on a recent email that there was a comment about possibly "bussing
" people on quiet/ potentially dangerous sections of the march. Do you  have
a view on this? It would raise logistical and practical questions again
depending on the numbers concerned.

If one of you could perhaps give me a ring to chat through some of these
issues that would be really useful.

James 07778480484



-----Original Message-----
From: Emma Tyers [mailto:emma_tyers at yahoo.co.uk] 
Sent: 14 June 2014 20:53
To: 999nhs-coordinators at email-lists.org
Subject: [999nhs-coordinators] Route Signoff Deadline

Hi All -

My first email to this group, and what do you know, it's a bossy one ;-).

We've set a deadline for our route signoff, and it's Friday 4th July.  I'm
the spreadsheet-obsessive person tasked with ticking the legs of the route
off as they are finalised.

Please drop me a line every week or so to let me know how it's going (please
start next week). If you've been a bit quiet for a while, I'll get in touch
to make sure you're ok with everything. If you have any worries, questions
or problems, please get in touch! 

You can contact me via PM, call on 07814 194765, tweet me on
@littlecatmeows, or email emma_tyers at yahoo.co.uk. If I can't help, then I'll
ask Jo and Rehana for you. This is so that they can concentrate on
publicity, and the overall organisation.

There is no such thing as a silly question. We are here to help you out. 

Thanks so much again for volunteering! We have a great team here, and
together I know we'll make this awesome.

Emma
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