Planning For Community Voluntary Organisations

As you grow as an organisation, planning becomes increasingly important. Here are some planning helpsheets.

Organisational Business Plan

  • • Executive summary – an overview of the plan
  • • Aims and objectives
  • • Membership and governance
  • • Background and research
  • • Current activities
  • • Staffing
  • • Partnerships
  • • Development plans (including project plans)
  • • Finance
  • • Risk analysis
  • • Quality assurance

Funding Project Planning

  • • Is the project really needed – will it meet a need and make a difference?
  • • Does it fit with your other activities and your original aims?
  • • Who is doing similar things – why will your project be different?
  • • Will it attracts sufficient resources?
  • • Are the expected results realistic and worth the effort?
  • • What will you need to make it happen?
  • • Have you got the capacity to plan and manage this project? If not, can you get training / recruit new committee members / adjust your plans? The skills you need to have will change over time – the initial excitement, enthusiasm and ‘push’ will need to give way to efficient financial and human resource management.

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