We can provide advice and guidance for a Community-Led Plan in South Cambridgeshire, based on national and local best practice.
When you launch the project
- details of important contacts and other organisations/community groups
- advice on setting up a Community Group
- help with recruiting volunteers
- help in bringing together community groups within your village
- guidance sheets and templates/examples
- helping to launch your plan at a public event
- advice on how to set up an appropriate leadership structure
- guidance on the selection and use of different consultation techniques
- putting you in contact with other groups with Community-Led Plans
- getting in contact with our officers and other professionals who may be able to help with specific actions
- community action case studies
- support to access grant funding including up to £2000 from our Community Chest Grant Fund.
Evidence and agreeing your plan
- help in finding evidence for your Plan
- questionnaire guide/template
- comments on your consultation process and draft questionnaire
- comments on your draft Plan.
Delivering your plan
- help with writing your action plan and provide a template/example
- signposting to sources of grants and funding
- help with the finished plan on our website.
We will also provide
- advice throughout the Community-Led Plan process by phone and email
- visits to your group to answer questions and lead workshops
- ongoing help with the specific actions where agreed, particularly where the community needs the support of external organisations, or has chosen to work with other Community-Led Plan groups to get things done
- help with revisiting and refreshing old Community-Led Plans
- helping with checking progress
- reminders for when and advice about how to review your Plan.
What we would like from you, if you're willing to share
- a named contact for your Community-Led Plan
- updates from your meetings
- a copy of your project plan and budget
- if you’re not linked to your Parish Council, make contact with them and other agencies
- a copy of your draft action Plan
- a copy of your finished Plan
- feedback about the action plan, including successes and challenges.