Duke of Edinburgh Awards – Licencing

Licencing and re-licensing of organisations running awards programmes is an essential part of DofE’s operation.
Bringing the licensing and re-licensing process into Dynamics 365 was a key early milestone in its broader adoption across the Duke of Edinburgh Awards and the first step in moving all essential business data into Dataverse. Moving the processes into Dynamics not only centralised all related data in the same system, but ensured procedures were standardised so all applications were treated the same and all legal requirements were met.

The out of the box lead to opportunity sales process has been expanded to include a new custom licence table. Extra steps have been added to the business process flow to guide users through the process and ensure all data has been collected and requirements met.

Licences are created at the click of a button whilst notifications are sent to stakeholders to keep everyone updated. An integration with DocuSign allows users to select the correct paperwork from a dropdown and dispatch a personalised form to the prospective Licence holder in a single click.

Successfully centralising all data within Dataverse allows for organisation-wide reporting which leverages relationships from Dataverse to link licences to organisations.

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Company Information

The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award is a NonProfit awards programme for young people aged 14 to 24 focusing on volunteering, physical activity, developing skills, and planning and carrying out expeditions. The DofE is run in schools, youth clubs, hospitals, fostering agencies, prisons and sports clubs in more than 100 countries. Nearly 30% of 14-year-olds in the UK started the Bronze award in 2022-3 They operate a franchising model, providing support and funding to licenced organisations to operate the Awards. They also monitor and accredit a national network of approved activity providers twice a year. Through their Access Without Limits funding programme, they provide free access to the DofE for young people living in difficult circumstances and to train a network of adult volunteers providing an estimated £17 million worth of volunteering hours each year.
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What Was Delivered

The process was built on the existing Sales app, retaining all of the box functionality.

A custom licence table was added; designed to consolidate the data from existing separate licence processes spread across different regions and systems.

Being in Dataverse allowed the licence to be tied back to existing organisation records thereby greatly streamlining reporting and invoicing. A link to SharePoint was created allowing for easy storage and retrieval of related documents.

An end-to-end process from lead to opportunity to licence was built in a Business Process Flow which users could follow to easily gather all required information, satisfy legal requirements and make informed and consistent decisions.

The same flow runs across multiple tables, allowing for quick switching and presenting the user with an overview of the whole process. It can also be easily updated with new fields or with additional logic if requirements change.

 

Licences are automatically created when opportunities are closed as won.

Additional automation notifies stakeholders at key points along the process, keeping internal and external contacts informed.

Licence renewal is aided by further automation so users can ensure new licences are issued at the right time with the correct information.

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What The Client Said

“Before approaching FormusPro, DofE had multiple data systems that were not integrated with each other, leading to difficulties in generating business-wide reports. Our business data was spread across an existing Dynamics 365 system used by the fundraising team, eDofE (a custom system managed by a team in India), Business Central (with no integration to the D365 CRM), and another custom system called Illuminator that is outdated and uses an MS Access database with a basic UI.

The compounding problems caused by the lack of integration and outdated systems lead to higher internal costs and cumbersome processes. Many employees were avoiding proper processes and relying on Excel spreadsheets, leading to data discrepancies and reduced efficiency. We needed to find a solution that would reduce maintenance costs, eliminate double entry, and increase employee engagement.”

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