MMRFC Club Survey Highlights, Actions To date and Future Plans
Survey Highlights
At the end of the 2021/22 season we carried out a club survey to which 95 (approximately 33%) adult playing members or parents responded.
Most questions were scored on the basis of how you felt about certain aspects of the club where 1 = Very Poor, 2= Poor, 3= OK / Acceptable, 4 = Good and 5 = Very Good
Other questions relating to the priority for club improvements were rated on a scale of 1 – 10, where 1 = Not very important and 10 = Very important
A summary of the results is below.
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Question Number |
Club Area |
Overall Score |
Respondent Comments |
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1 |
Facilities |
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1.1 |
Parking |
95% OK or better |
Most negative comments related to poor parking due to the covid vaccination centre |
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1.2 |
Bar & Facilities |
100% OK or better |
Comments focussed on having facilities closer to the pitch, card payments in the shop and kitchen and not just over the bar, outside area could be improved, better kitchen, sofas in the bar area |
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1.3 |
Toilets |
80% OK or better |
Comments focussed on damage, too small / not enough, smelly |
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1.4 |
Changing Rooms |
93% OK or better |
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1.5 |
Showers |
80% OK or better |
Comments focussed on showers being in poor condition, needing repair, not working, not enough hot water |
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1.6 |
Playing Pitches |
97% OK or better |
Requests were made for benches / seating for parents & spectators |
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1.7 |
Training Pitches |
77% OK or better |
Comments related to pitches being boggy / needing better drainage and improved / repaired floodlighting |
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2 |
Environment |
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2.1 |
Clubhouse |
100% OK or better |
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2.2 |
Food offering |
94% OK or better |
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2.3 |
Match Day experience
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100% OK or better |
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3 |
Branding |
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3.1 |
Look & Feel |
69% Ok or better |
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3.2 |
Quality |
71% OK or better |
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3.3 |
Merchandise Selection |
68% OK or better |
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4 |
Other |
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4.1 |
Volunteering |
33% of respondents would like to become more involved in volunteering. Please see Volunteering Opportunities at the end of the results |
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4.2 |
Coaching & Refereeing Opportunities |
62% of respondents felt there could be better communications with regards to coaching and refereeing opportunities and courses |
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4.3 |
General Communications |
79% of respondents felt we could improve how we communicate.The main comments were about website improvement |
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4.4 |
Communication Preferences |
87% indicated their communication preferences to be via the website, email, Facebook and WhatsApp |
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4.5 |
Social Activity |
13% of respondents wanted more social activity. Suggestions included Pub, quiz bingo, race night, Summer BBQ, Music Festival, Autumn social for new parents |
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5 |
Priority for Club Improvements from scores provided (1-10) |
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Priority |
Area |
Actions / Comments |
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1 |
Training Area |
Flood lighting has been repaired approximately doubling the area that can be used in the winter |
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2 |
Toilets |
Repairs have been made in the gents and changes made to the cleaning regime. Quotes being obtained for improved facilities in the ladies toilets |
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3 |
Showers |
Showers have been pressure washed, deep cleaned and improvements made, hot water challenges resolved. The club has made every effort to improve them however they are the responsibility of the leisure centre and not the club |
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4 |
Clubhouse & Kitchen |
The outside patio area has been greatly improved and expanded. We now have an additional card machine |
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5 |
Changing Rooms |
Changing rooms have been equipped with brushes, dustpans and bins to enable to the players to tidy the areas following games, This is the responsibility of the teams and players. Broken clothes hooks have ben replaced |
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6 |
Disabled Access |
Disabled parking is available, wheelchair access to the club and patio has been improved |
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7 |
Parking |
The site is no longer used as a covid vaccination centre |
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8 |
Playing Pitches |
We are continuing a programme of annual maintenance which includes reseeding, fertilising and drainage and investigating areas for additional training pitches. |
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The next survey is planned for January 2024
Volunteering Opportunities
MMRFC is run by volunteers with a passion for the game and for the club and we always need more volunteers to take on many tasks, some small and some larger, and not just on the playing side.
We have to the run the club as a business and are looking for support from players and parents to help share the load.
Some of the roles we are hoping to find some additional support for include:
- Site & Facilities Co-ordinator to liase and work with
- our utilities & service providers
- Melton council
- Sports / Leisure Centre
- Brewery
- Webmaster / web site administrator to maintain and keep the website up to date and add new articles
- Health & Safety co-ordinator
- Painters / Decorators
- General handy person
- Plumbers
- Electricians
- Projects and Funding Applications coordinator
If you have any skills or experience in any of the above areas or feel you have skills that could be utilised by the club / small business and can spare an hour or so a month, please get in touch in the first instance by emailing mick.wheatley1@btopenworld.com
