Suggested new way of working

Our project Coordinator Graham Bromley is hoping that the Management Committee will agree to a suggested new way of working. The suggestion being that we form a working/advisory/critical friends type sub group in which we could invite key stakeholders, partner organisations etc to join us, offering additional advice and guideance in helping to progress our core aims and objective and helping us to deliver our core activities - working together and in partnership towards a common goal.

This group could meet during the normal working day on a monthly basis and/or as needed, reporting to the Management Committee say bi monthly. By working in such a way it could also help to:

• increase our capacity
• increase participation and involvement
• build confidence
• generate a greater sense of ownership
• build on our excellent relationship with partner organisations
• prompt fresh thinking
• help each other 

At the same time it could be of mutual benefit as it would offer an opportunity to learn more about what others are doing in the community, raise awareness and help each other by sharing; experiences, resources and best practice.

This approach works particularly well when organisations are busy and have a lot of activities to deliver. We did used to work in a similar until about three years ago and it did prove to be very successful indeed. The main reason we stopped working like this was due to a lull in actvities, a quiet spell, while we were awating funding to begin the project and while we were forming the CIC.

Based on possibly his unique position in being hands on involved with every aspect of the project from its onset; and on a daily basis, it is understood that, if agreed, and we return to this way of working it could offer a realistically way of helping the project achieve its core aims and objectives and deliver its core activities.