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SCOTTISH FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICE The Board of Scottish Fire and Rescue Service

Report No: B/FCS/26-20 Agenda Item: 19 Report to: THE BOARD OF SCOTTISH FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICE Meeting Date: 17 DECEMBER 2020 SFRS/ANTHONY NOLAN PARTNERSHIP – ANNUAL REPORT – ACADEMIC Report Title: YEAR 2019/20 Board/Committee Meetings ONLY For Reports to be held in Private Report Specify rationale below referring to For Information Only Classification: Board Standing Order 9

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1 Purpose 1.1 The purpose of this paper is to provide the Board with an overview of the achievements of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS)/Anthony Nolan Partnership during the 2019/20 Academic Year, details of which are contained within Appendix A (Annual Report).

2 Background 2.1 The change of age criteria in 2012 signalled a change in focus for the Partnership and the beginning of the donor recruitment schools programme. This change in strategy provided the Partnership with an opportunity to engage a captive audience in a very structured environment and add greater quality to the register due to the age of school pupils being recruited.

2.2 It was the vision of the Partnership that it should be about more than just recruiting pupils onto the register. The schools programme events have been designed in a way that encourages greater involvement from pupils and allows them to take ownership, demonstrate leadership and put their own `stamp` on events. It shows pupils the significant impact they can have on the lives of others through active citizenship, personal commitment and a simple selfless act.

2.3 Partnership volunteers go into secondary schools across to deliver inspiring educational presentations to 16 to 18-year olds about stem cell, blood and organ donation. The focus is on the potentially lifesaving impact that young people can have through positive citizenship, which is in line with the aims of the Curriculum for Excellence. The events provide a positive environment for the SFRS to engage with young people and to demonstrate their commitment to supporting their local communities.

2.4 The Partnership were keen to use this process to deliver ‘additional value’ to both the schools and pupils and therefore have designed an innovative process that encourages peer involvement using some of the young people as ‘SFRS Champions’. These ‘Champions’ support the programme through helping deliver the message to their fellow pupils, booking people in for the recruitment event and even staffing the welcome desk.

2.5 This increases the feeling of ownership and gives a real opportunity for those involved to develop confidence and to see first-hand the impact they can have regardless of academic abilities or socio-economic background.

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3 Main Report 3.1 Despite having the 2019/20 academic year cut short by almost 4 months due to Covid19 it has been another record breaking year for the partnership. With almost 3,800 donors recruited, SFRS have now added over 18,000 potential lifesavers to the Anthony Nolan register giving countless families the gift of hope. This has resulted in 72 of those recruited actually going on to donate their stem cells and give someone with blood cancer a second chance of life.

3.2 SFRS continue to lead the way in terms of school engagement. The student champions model of involving young people and affording them ownership of school events, is something Anthony Nolan see as the Gold Standard for stem cell education and something they aspire to replicate across their work.

3.3 Appendix A (Annual Report) highlights the achievements of the SFRS/Anthony Nolan Partnership during the academic year, 1 August 2019 to 31 July 2020.

3.4 The main highlights from the report are, • A record breaking 3,765 new donors recruited onto the register. • 18 lifesaving stem cell donations made. • Over 13,000 pupils engaged with. • Average of 57 donors recruited per event (compared to 37 Anthony Nolan average). • Fundraising of £9,654. • Improvements in all areas of quality performance.

3.5 The table above illustrates the year on year growth of the partnership.

4 Recommendation 4.1 The Board are asked to note the content of the SFRS/Anthony Partnership Annual Report and recognise the work of the partnership volunteers during the 2019/20 academic year.

5 Key Strategic Implications 5.1 Financial 5.1.1 Not Applicable

SFRSBoard/Report/ Page 2 of 4 Version 1.0: 06/10/2020 AnthonyNolanPartnershipAnnualReport OFFICIAL 5.2 Environmental & Sustainability 5.2.1 All event supplies are delivered and picked up by Anthony Nolan pre- and post-event, and those resources not required are re-used at further events.

5.3 Workforce 5.3.1 A key point that should be emphasised is that SFRS volunteers involved do so in their own time or as additional voluntary work to their existing duties. The Partnership has three Vice Chairs, one per SDA area and 26 Tactical Leads who oversee the volunteer groups within their area. Volunteer numbers fluctuate throughout the year, however on average there are approximately 10 volunteers per area group.

5.4 Health & Safety 5.4.1 Anthony Nolan risk assessments are completed for every donor recruitment event by SFRS Tactical Leads in conjunction with schools. These risk assessments are submitted to Anthony Nolan prior to any event.

5.5 Training 5.5.1 Anthony Nolan has already provided SFRS Partnership Tactical Leads with full training in running a recruitment event in accordance with Anthony Nolan’s rules and guidelines. Anthony Nolan will provide further training and materials as required should there be any change to process.

5.6 Timing 5.6.1 SFRS/Anthony Nolan Annual Report will be produced on a yearly basis covering academic years.

5.7 Performance 5.7.1 Annual Report will be submitted to Affiliated Organisations Board on a yearly basis and shared with all Partnership volunteers.

5.8 Communications & Engagement 5.8.1 The Annual Report will be hosted on the SFRS/Anthony Nolan Partnership SFRS IHub page

5.9 Legal 5.9.1 Formal Partnership Agreement between SFRS and Anthony Nolan was renewed in October 2019.

5.10 Information Governance 5.10.1 Not Applicable

5.11 Risk 5.11.1 Not Applicable

5.12 Equalities 5.12.1 Not Applicable

5.13 Service Delivery 5.13.1 Not Applicable

6 Core Brief 6.1 The Director of Finance and Contractual Services presents this report outlining the achievements of the SFRS/Anthony Nolan Partnership during the 2019/20 academic year.

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7 Appendices/Further Reading 7.1 Appendix A : SFRS/Anthony Nolan Partnership – Annual Report

Prepared by: Andy Watt, SFRS/Anthony Nolan Partnership Chair Sponsored by: Sarah O’Donnell, Director of Finance and Contractual Services Presented by: Sarah O’Donnell, Director of Finance and Contractual Services Links to Strategy and Corporate Values Our Purpose To work in partnership with communities and with others in the public, private and third sectors, on prevention, protection and response, to improve the safety and well-being of people throughout Scotland.

Report Classification/ Governance Route for Report Meeting Date Comments Affiliated Organisations Board 19 October 2020 For Noting Strategic Leadership Team 7 December 2020 For Noting SFRS Board 17 December 2020 For Information Only

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Registered charity no 803716/ SC03882 Despite having such extraordinary challenges thrown at us this year, this remarkable partnership has flourished to achieve yet another record breaking 12 months of activity. With almost 3,800 donors recruited in the 2019/20 academic year, SFRS have now added over 18,000 potential lifesavers to the Anthony Nolan register giving countless families the gift of hope.

SFRS continue to lead the way in terms of school engagement. The student champions model of involving young people and affording them ownership of school events is one we aspire to replicate across our work.

This year marked the 10 year anniversary of Ally Boyle’s incredible vision and as the partnership continues to grow, not only do we see more quality young donors signing up to save lives, we also see Anthony Nolan’s brand awareness and support across Scotland grow. Thank you SFRS and here’s to another 10 years.

Terence Lovell

Chief Engagement and Marketing Officer Registered charity no 803716/ SC03882 Year on year comparison

• 2019/20 saw an increase of 2314 students educated and 506 donors added to the register compared to the previous year.

• This is despite almost 4 months of inactivity due to Covid-19 and the postponement of 13 booked school recruitment events (with many more in the pipeline)

• Marked improvements to already high levels of quality assurance in the recruitment process. We saw a reduction in both the number of applications rejected and also in applications with missing details. This is particularly impressive in light of the increase in delivery.

• Increases in recruitment of both young donors (16-23) and males donors (44%) , both of which are priority groups for development of the register and improve chances for patients. SUMMARY

3765 new donors 65 recruitment events 18 donations giving recruited to the register ran across Scotland (3 patients their lifesaving (increase from last year) more than last year) chance

64 Schools visited & one 13194 students educated visit to the SFRS training on donation school (up from 59 last year) SUMMARY (Quality)

94% 16-23 year olds 44.3% of those recruited (compared with 84% were male Anthony Nolan)

56.9 donors per event Exceptional quality with Only 2.38% of (up from 52.4 donors only 0.51% immediate applications with missing recruited per event in 2018/19 rejections (compared to details (compared to AN and compared with 37.4 AN average of 0.96%) average of 4.27%) Anthony Nolan average) Total SFRS Recruitment (samples received) by Event & Online Recruitment 2500

2051 2095 2000

1645 1670 TOTAL 1500 RECRUITMENT BY GENDER 1000

500

25 44 0 Event Online Total

Male Female unknown Total SFRS Recruitment (samples received) Event & Online Recruitment split by Ethnicity

Unknown 64 Other 61 Northern European

North Africa 1 TOTAL Mixed RECRUITMENT 72 BY ETHNICITY India Europe 95 Caucasian 2 British/Irish 3272 Asian 123 African-Caribbean 7 0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500

Online Event

Number of SFRS School Presentations & Students Educated 40 5000 4394 35 4500 4000 30 3430 3500 25 26 SFRS SCHOOL 3000 PRESENTATIONS 20 2500 1685 16 2000 15 1495 1500 10 11 1060 5905 1000 6 7 410 5 500 130 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul 2019 2018 2018 2018 2018 2018 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019

No of students seen No of School Presentations Number of SFRS Recruited Donors called to Second Stage Testing 18 16 16

14 12 12 10 10 8 8 8 7 7 6 6 5 5 5 5

4 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1

0 Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul 2020 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020

Female Male Number of SFRS Recruited Donors called to Second Stage Testing Split by Age Group

2 9

108

16-30 31-40 41-50 SFRS Donations – Page 1 Month Ethnicity Gender Age Band Recruited At

Aug 19 British/Irish Male 21-25 Holyrood 06/11/2014

Aug 19 British/Irish Male 16-30 Gary Dall Appeal 16/09/2017

Sept 19 British/Irish Male 21-25 Holyrood Secondary School 06/11/2014

Sept 19 British/Irish Male 16-20 St Andrews & St Brides High School 29/09/2017

Sept 19 British/Irish Male 21-25 Monifieth High School 12/12/2016

Nov 19 British/Irish Male 16-20 Balfron High School 02/10/2018

Nov 19 British/Irish Male 26-30 Scottish Prison Service College 20/02/2018 Northern Dec 19 European Male 26-30 Oban 20/08/2010

Jan 20 British/Irish Male 16-20 Wallace High School 12/06/2017 SFRS Donations – Page 2

Month Ethnicity Gender Age Band Recruited At

Feb 20 British/Irish Male 16-20 Hermitage Academy 30/10/2017

Feb 20 British/Irish Male 16-20 Culloden Academy 26/02/2018

Mar 20 British/Irish Male 21-25 Dunblane High School 28/11/2016

Apr 20 British/Irish Male 16-20 Dunblane High School 12/11/2018

May 20 British/Irish Male 16-20 Deans Community High School 15/02/2018

May 20 British/Irish Male 16-20 Craigmount High School 12/12/2017

Jun 20 British/Irish Male 21-25 Lochgilphead High School 21/03/2018

Jun 20 British/Irish Male 16-20 Hermitage Academy 30/10/2017

Jul 20 British/Irish Male 26-30 East Kilbride – Ryan Ferguson 09/10/2011 PRESS & PR ➢ Number of media cuttings: 88 ➢ Reach of media cuttings: 1.25m ➢ Breakdown of media type Print: 50 Online: 22 Broadcast: 16 ➢ Top source: Kingdom FM (x6)

➢ Strong photography, varied activity and great recruitment figures mean the media continues to publish stories about SFRS campaigns.

➢ Nearly half of the coverage about the SFRS Anthony Nolan partnership came in October 2019, thanks to the spike in activity about the 10 year anniversary of the partnership. The milestone was a good example of a story which is interesting to hear and revealed something new. POLICY & PUBLIC AFFAIRS

“The SFRS and Anthony Nolan Partnership has continued to be incredibly important to our engagement with the Scottish Government and individual MSPs.

“In September 2019, we held our annual Communities vs Blood Cancer event in Holyrood. To mark the 10th anniversary of the partnership, we were delighted to work with the SFRS on personalised briefings containing details of the SFRS’ achievements in MSPs’ local Service Delivery Areas. 50 MSPs attended, including the three health representatives for Labour, the Conservatives and SNP.

“MSPs clearly have great respect for the SFRS and there is no better illustration of this than the video that the First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon MSP, recorded to celebrate the SFRS’ work. It has been viewed nearly 20,000 times. As the First Minster said herself, the SFRS has ‘helped to give hope and a potential lifeline to patients across Scotland, and indeed around the world.’”

Caitlin Farrow Head of Policy & Public Affairs FUNDRAISING 20/21 £9,654.30 That’s the cost of adding 241 donors to the register

And adding to the ongoing total of £84,654.30

raised throughout the partnership THANK YOU

Registered charity no 803716/ SC03882 Appendix 1 Events Data Recruitment events – Page 1

No of samples received No of immediate No of applications Total approved Date Event at Head Office rejections at Head Office with missing details samples 02/09/2019 Stirling High School 21 0 0 21 11/09/2019 Crieff High School 36 1 2 35 12/09/2019 Dumbarton Academy 17 0 1 17 13/09/2019 Braes High School 58 0 0 58 24/09/2019 Moffat Academy 22 0 0 22 25/09/2019 Perth Academy 39 0 0 39 27/09/2019 Peebles High School 107 0 2 107 01/10/2019 Falkirk High School 13 0 0 13 02/10/2019 72 0 2 72 02/10/2019 Culloden Academy 31 0 0 31 03/10/2019 Perth Grammar School 44 1 3 43 04/10/2019 Millburn Academy 69 1 5 68 30/10/2019 Boroughmuir High School 67 0 0 67 30/10/2019 2019 46 0 0 46 31/10/2019 Craigmount High School 71 0 0 71 04/11/2019 Williamwood High School 107 1 4 106 Recruitment Events – Page 2

No of samples received No of immediate No of applications Total approved Date Event at Head Office rejections at Head Office with missing details samples 05/11/2019 Inverkeithing High School 100 1 12 99 08/11/2019 125 0 5 125 08/11/2019 The Edinburgh Academy 54 0 0 54 11/11/2019 St Johns Academy 33 0 1 33 11/11/2019 Dunblane High School 53 0 4 53 13/11/2019 117 0 0 117 19/11/2019 Dumfries High School 20 0 0 20 19/11/2019 Monifieth High School 75 0 2 75 19/11/2019 Balerno High School 39 0 0 39 22/11/2019 Johnstone High School 34 0 2 34 25/11/2019 Craigroyston High School 22 0 0 22 27/11/2019 2019 41 1 0 40 28/11/2019 St Ninians High School (East Renfrew) 119 0 6 119 28/11/2019 Duncanrig Secondary School 87 3 0 84 04/12/2019 Balfron High School 44 0 0 44 Recruitment Events – Page 3

No of samples received No of immediate No of applications Total approved Date Event at Head Office rejections at Head Office with missing details samples 04/12/2019 Broughton High School 82 0 3 82 06/12/2019 Dunbar Grammar School 126 0 1 126 06/12/2019 St Andrews & St Brides High School 58 0 2 58 09/12/2019 Boclair Academy 19 0 0 19 09/12/2019 Perth High School 94 0 1 94 10/12/2019 SFRS National Training Centre () 26 0 1 26 11/12/2019 Inveralmond Community High School 71 5 8 66 16/12/2019 35 0 2 35 18/12/2019 Grove Academy 66 0 0 66 09/01/2020 Sgoil Lionacleit 38 0 0 38 22/01/2020 Anderson High School 137 0 1 137 06/02/2020 Aberdeen Grammar School 64 0 0 64 18/02/2020 St Andrews Academy 94 2 5 92 18/02/2020 Holyrood Secondary School 37 0 0 37 Recruitment Events – Page 4

No of samples received No of immediate No of applications Total approved Date Event at Head Office rejections at Head Office with missing details samples 18/02/2020 60 0 0 60 20/02/2020 Greenfaulds High School 16 0 0 16 21/02/2020 Kyle Academy 32 0 0 32 21/02/2020 Auchinleck Academy 48 0 0 48 25/02/2020 Rothesay Academy 18 0 2 18 25/02/2020 Lochgilphead High School 55 0 3 55 25/02/2020 54 0 0 54 25/02/2020 Irvine Royal Academy 22 0 0 22 26/02/2020 Deans Community High School 57 0 0 57 26/02/2020 Currie Community High School 66 0 3 66 28/02/2020 Larbert High School 134 3 5 131 28/02/2020 Arbroath High School 67 0 0 67 28/02/2020 St Peter The Apostle High School 34 0 0 34 02/03/2020 Bellshill Academy 15 0 0 15 02/03/2020 Blairgowrie High School 28 0 0 28 02/03/2020 St Lukes High School 21 0 0 21 04/03/2020 Woodfarm High School 47 0 0 47 Recruitment Events – Page 5

No of samples received No of immediate No of applications Total approved Date Event at Head Office rejections at Head Office with missing details samples 05/03/2020 Dalziel High School 100 0 0 100 06/03/2020 Mearns Castle High School 56 0 0 56 06/03/2020 56 0 0 56 Appendix 2 Presentation Data School Presentations – Page 1

Date School Students Educated 26/08/2019 Stirling High School 130 02/09/2019 Crieff High School 150 02/09/2019 Peebles High School 2019 250 06/09/2019 Calderglen High School 300 10/09/2019 Moffat Academy 120 12/09/2019 Millburn Academy 150 12/09/2019 Dumbarton Academy 100 16/09/2019 Perth Academy 175 18/09/2019 Culloden Academy 190 24/09/2019 Perth Grammar School 100 24/09/2019 Falkirk High School 150 23/10/2019 Waid Academy 210 23/10/2019 Boroughmuir High School 150 24/10/2019 Craigmount High School 150 28/10/2019 Williamwood High School 250 School Presentation – Page 2

Date School Students Educated 29/10/2019 Inverkeithing High School 2019 200 30/10/2019 St Johns Academy 100 01/11/2019 Balwearie High School 450 01/11/2019 The Edinburgh Academy 120 04/11/2019 Dunblane High School 130 06/11/2019 Bell Baxter High School 350 06/11/2019 Monifieth High School 100 07/11/2019 Johnstone High School 150 08/11/2019 Duncanrig Secondary School 300 12/11/2019 Balerno High School 150 18/11/2019 St Ninians High School (East Renfrew) 300 18/11/2019 Craigroyston High School 150 20/11/2019 Levenmouth Academy 2019 260 20/11/2019 Perth High School 200 22/11/2019 St Andrews High School 300 School Presentation – Page 3

Date School Students Educated 27/11/2019 Broughton High School 150 27/11/2019 Balfron High School 120 27/11/2019 Dunbar Grammar School 200 02/12/2019 Boclair Academy 100 02/12/2019 Glenrothes High School 190 02/12/2019 Inveralmond Community High School 100 04/12/2019 Grove Academy 120 10/12/2019 SFRS National Training Centre (Glasgow) 80 01/01/2020 Cathkin High School 150 06/01/2020 Castlebay Community School 30 07/01/2020 Sgoil Lionacleit 150 17/01/2020 Carluke High School 250 20/01/2020 Anderson High School 500 28/01/2020 Holyrood Secondary School 275 28/01/2020 Aberdeen Grammar School 140 School Presentation – Page 4

Date School Students Educated 03/02/2020 Larbert High School 450 04/02/2020 Strathaven Academy 250 04/02/2020 St Andrews Academy 180 06/02/2020 Greenfaulds High School 170 11/02/2020 Arbroath High School 120 14/02/2020 Kyle Academy 250 14/02/2020 Auchinleck Academy 120 14/02/2020 St Peter The Apostle High School 170 17/02/2020 Bellshill Academy 150 17/02/2020 Irvine Royal Academy 120 17/02/2020 Blairgowrie High School 155 17/02/2020 St Lukes High School 100 17/02/2020 Mearns Castle High School 150 18/02/2020 Lochgilphead High School 160 18/02/2020 Rothesay Academy 60 School Presentation – Page 5

Date School Students Educated 18/02/2020 Woodfarm High School 150 19/02/2020 Currie Community High School 150 19/02/2020 Deans Community High School 150 20/02/2020 Dalziel High School 300 27/02/2020 Glenwood High School 179 27/02/2020 Kilmarnock Academy 120 27/02/2020 Gryffe High School 120 27/02/2020 Lornshill Academy 60 28/02/2020 Beath High School 500 28/02/2020 Alloa Academy 60 05/03/2020 Alva Academy 60 06/03/2020 110 13/03/2020 240 Appendix 3 Press clippings