Updated: November 14, 2023

The British Judo App – “DOJO-2”

British Judo’s second attempt at contracting a CRM from an external IT supplier since 2016/17.

 

What Dojo-2 was supposed to do!

in the Dojo-2 tendering proccess, it had to fulfill the functions of Dojo-1 and additional specified functions.

Plus some safeguarding priorities identified later.

BJA documentation in reference list.

After initially not working or the links on the BJA website being #404 errors.  (Page Not Found)

The BJA Club Finder App is now partially working

The BJA club finder has many faults.
Such as:

  • Missing phone numbers
  • No email address
  • No session times
  • No training costs
  • No equipment / clothing information
  • Incorrect information
Check the BJA Club Finder – click
Update, Nov 2023:
See BRITISH JUDO CLUB FINDER-3

 
See Nest Management’s own cl;ub finder in comparison later.

Not available and now censored by British Judo on social media!

Recognised as a high safeguarding priority 2021 and expected to be available on the old Dojo-1 within a couple of weeks but still outstanding 2 years later.

Public Judo Coach Registry – CENSORED!

 

CWO = Club Welfare Officer

Not Working!

Recognised as a safeguarding function required early 2023, no date set for roll-out.

Check Dojo-2 if available?

BJA CWO Update

 

See the details & documentation later in the post.

UPDATED: 14 November 2023

See BRITISH JUDO CLUB FINDER-3

NEST Management

The Supplier of DOJO-2

NEST Management sales staff now offers BJA clubs their own CRM as better than the one they are supplying British Judo.

It might come as a suprise that NEST Management, that got the IT contract from British Judo for the “Dojo-2” app, early 2022, are now offering some BJA clubs their own NEST Managerment App.  

Stating that it is superior to what clubs are getting from what they have supplied the BJA with.   
Then offering to demo their App!

The cause, the NEST Management sales person said, with the BJA App, “Dojo-2” was:

“Unfortunately, there are external factors at play with the let down of the BJA system…………”

So, while NEST Management keeps getting paid by the BJA while “Dojo-2” isn’t doing well.  
Should NEST Management be successful with selling their own superior App.

You can only speculate on how much incentive NEST Management have in fulfilling what was in the tendering documents and what the BJA CEO stated would be completed by February/March 2023?  
BJA Annual Report 2021-2022.
Only published in connection with the BJA Chair, Ronnie Saez, resigning early.

BUT………….

Some BJA clubs already have a contract for NEST’s superior App.  
Among them a club with an annual income of over £160,000.
Besides the high inccome, this club has other unique aspects:

  • The Club recieves Government funding, awarded and paid by the BJA.
  • The BJA Head of Finance and Operations has in the past been preparing their accounts.
  • The BJA CEO, Andrew Scoular, is a trustee of the club.
Not only is the NEST Management App suprior to what they are supplying and operating for the BJA! 
Their “club finder” is beyond comparision with the BJA club finder.  That NEST Management is also responsible for.
Find out more……………….

The British Judo Club Finder

See the list of functions Dojo-2 was supposed to fulfill later on the page.  

Test them yourself whether or not they are working!

TIMELINE:

British Judo Association received £255,000 from SportEngland, for “Digital Transformation”.


A week later, 15th December 2021. 

INVITATION TO TENDER – DIGITAL MEMBERSHIP SERVICES

NEST management were awarded the contract.

The BJA announces the shotdown of Dojo-1 and the rollout of Dojo-2,
11 June 2022:

IMPORTANT NEWS: DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

BJA, another tendering process, 22 October 2022:

INVITATION TO TENDER – WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT

The Dojo-2 rollout is delayed by a week to 18th July 2022.

Then a string of delays, flaws and faults with the Dojo-2 rollout happen. 
Including no gradings being possible but upon this affecting the BJA cashflow, grassroots judo coaxches are asked to manually process abd grade the 3 months backlog.

See all 5 pages of BJA announcments about Dojo-2 and the rollout.  June to December 2022 – click

Nest Management rollout their own App myMA for judo coaches. 

The BJA Ceo announces the completion of Dojo-2 aby February/March 2023 in the BJA Annual Report.   

 

NEST MANAGEMENT

Reference & Information:

The two persons in charge of the Dojo-2 tendering process were:

The BJA CEO, Andrew Scoular.

The BJA Sports Director, Colin McIvor.
Mr McIvor has since retired but has been re-employed in connection with the “Dojo-2” roll-out and his BJA email address is still operational.

Both were complicit in rigging a panel to rule in an internal British Judo bullying complaint by ensuring Mr McIvor’s daughter, Lisa Allan, was part of the 3 person panel.

When the panel rejected the complaint, the BJA made a public statement that the decision was made by “…..a fully independent disciplinary panel.”  

Despite this being a blatant lie!  

Find out the details with the full evidence:

British Judo Rigging a Disciplinary Panel in a Bullying Complaint

 

Payments

The BJA Directors and Management, now knows as “The executive team”, were paid over £380,000 as remuneration payments 2021-2022. 

Though the figure is not necessarily the complete truth due to the precious financial year’s remuneration payment has mysteriously been altered after it was approved, from £455,000 to £320,000.    

In the 2020-2021 BJA accounts, remuneration payments to BJA Directors and Management was £455,000, up 6% on the previous year. 
Despite BJA England losing 60% of its members during the same period. 

Despite it being a requirement in the government “Code of Sport Governance”. 
British Judo have not published, the AGM documents, financial accounts, voting results or any Board Meeting minutes since before the BJA AGM, November 2023.