Interactive example
Make room
for local access.
A volunteer network has 40 hours to allocate between a central hub and a local service point.
The hub can support more visits per hour, but some people rely on the local service. How many hours should be reserved for them?
Example allocation
How many hours should stay local?
You have 40 volunteer hours this week. Choose the minimum to keep locally; the remaining hours go to the central hub.
across both locations
72 central visits supported
3 per volunteer hour
40 local visits supported
2.5 per volunteer hour
More local access changes the total.
Compared with putting 30 hours centrally and 10 locally, this plan adds room for 15 more local visits while supporting 3 fewer visits overall. Both plans use all 40 hours. These figures describe capacity; they do not predict attendance or measure impact.
| Policy | Central / local hours | Local capacity | Total capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maximum visit capacity | 30 / 10 | 25 visits | 115 visits |
| Your allocation | 24 / 16 | 40 visits | 112 visits |
What this allocation
can tell you.
- Hard limits
- 40 hours available; at most 30 central and 24 local hours; two-hour blocks; the selected local minimum must be met.
- Decision rule
- Support as many visits as possible within those limits. Because the hub handles more visits per hour, it receives the hours left after the local minimum is met.
- Planning assumptions
- Fixed rates of 3 and 2.5 visits per hour; enough demand at both locations; no setup time or diminishing returns. Actual attendance and outcomes require separate evidence.
- Using the plan
- The plan shows hours at each location, the capacity they provide and how many visits are forgone when more time stays local. Confirm staffing and demand before using it. Review it when service rates or priorities change.
What does your team need to make room for?
Describe how you handle it now and what gets in the way.