Hi
How about taking the event out to the schools. Then less affluent pupils can attend and those that aren't interested can go and do something else. It might cost less too and mean pupils don't have to waste time travelling.
Cheers
Richard
Twitter: @richardwiseman
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> On 27 Sep 2016, at 11:57, Ali Floyd <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Hi all,
>
> We've been having a wee challenge at National Museums Scotland and I wonder if anyone has similar issues or cunning solutions.
>
> We've been running new, free programming thanks to Wellcome and HLF funding, but particularly with high schools a lot of people are booking spaces then cancelling last minute or just not showing up on the day. It's particularly acute with S5 and S6 pupils (age 15-17, doing higher/advanced higher, last 2 years of school here, roughly equivalent to A-levels) as they change their courses a lot early in the term, so we're looking at shifting things a bit later next year. The other obvious solution is to charge a small fee, but we're worried it'd exclude a lot of the pupils we really want to reach - for example, we had a great school from a relatively deprived area of Glasgow in the other day where the pupils each paid £20 from their own pockets for transport, so this doesn't sit well with me.
>
> Is anyone else struggling with this? Any thoughts? Grateful for suggestions/ideas/etc...
>
> Cheers,
> Ali
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