The Community Led Planning Toolkit includes 9 Advice Sheets.They explain what communities are expected to do at each step of a Community Led Plan, outlining best practice and signposting to Resource Sheets, Topic Sheets and other related information where relevant.
Advice Sheet 1 – Getting started
Explains how to start a Community Led Plan
Advice Sheet 2 – Establishing the steering group
Provides advice on setting up a steering group that can oversee and coordinate a plan’s development
Advice Sheet 3 – Taking stock and planning ahead
Suggests actions to help plan and prepare future work
Advice Sheet 4 – Understanding your community
Outlines a process for developing a better understanding of local needs and aspirations
Advice Sheet 5 – Prioritising and planning action
Explains how priority actions can be identified and agreed by everyone involved
Advice Sheet 6 – Drafting your plan
Shows how plans can be written up for public consumption
Advice Sheet 7 – Finalising your plan
Recommends some simple actions to help finalise and then launch a plan
Advice Sheet 8 – Implementing and monitoring your plan
Shows how to implement and then monitor actions proposed in the plan
Advice Sheet 9 – Reviewing your plan
Recommends the reviewing of plans every few years to make sure they are up to date and responsive to current community needs and aspirations
Advice Sheets are only available from Rural Community Action Network (RCAN) members. Please contact your nearest member for details
