CLP Resources

Community Led Planning Resources

There is a range of support and guidance available to communities at all stages of the planning process, as shown in the table below. If you need more information, please contact Gillian Bejamin at Suffolk ACRE by emailing gillian.benjamin@suffolkacre.org.uk

Creating capacity & promoting community led planning

Provider	Support offered
SCRN	Capacity building support for organisations
Local elected members (all tiers) County Councillors District Councillors Town & Parish Councils	Promoting CLP as a way of highlighting local issues and drawing down funding
Suffolk ACRE	Promoting CLP
Suffolk Association of Local Councils (SALC)	Promoting the benefits of CLP through their training programmes for new clerks and councillors

Choosing a model & preparing to create a plan
What kind of plan will be undertaken, who should be involved, how to set up the planning group.

Provider	Support offered
ACRE (national)	LEAD Parish Plan model
Action for Market Towns	LEAD Town Action Planning model
Suffolk ACRE	Full Parish Plan support package Promoting the idea Attending the initial community meeting Various shorter community engagement methods facilitated. Examples include:- Village Reviews Focus Groups Active Community Development Events Planning for Real Community visioning/prioritising Events
SCRN	Finding & Matching volunteers

Creating a plan
What information is needed to create a plan, how to engage and consult.

Provider	Support offered
Suffolk Observatory	Evidence-base and context (data and links to local strategic plans)
Action for Market Towns	AMT: Town Watch Evidence-base
Suffolk ACRE	Full support package Includes software and help to produce questionnaire for community consultation element of plan development Inputting data service
Suffolk County Council	Advice and support for engaging with young people Consultation & Engagement Guidance
Participation works	Online resources for engaging with children and young people
Suffolk Association of Local Councils (SALC)	Community engagement. Part of the training offered to new clerks and councillors

Delivering actions
Support for making sure actions are SMART, and who to work with to make change happen.

Provider	Support offered
SCRN	Support to set up new organisations Funding surgeries Ongoing support for developing funding proposals Support to develop capacity of existing organisations Representation of VCS needs at LSP strategic level Signposting to other sources of support Advocacy Training
Local County Councillors	Locality budget available to support community initiatives
Suffolk ACRE/SC LSP partners	Support to enable parishes to carry out actions
SCRN and partners	Series of events to bring service providers and communities together to discuss specific issues/themes Subject to LSP funding application

Review/revision
Keeping the plan relevant and up to date.

Provider	Support offered
Suffolk ACRE	Support & help to revisit plans
Suffolk ACRE/SC LSP partners	Continuing support with actions

Reporting
Ways of informing stakeholders.

Provider	Support offered
Onesuffolk	Websites for communities
SCRN	Network for disseminating information to stakeholders

Sharing experiences
Ways to learn and share with other communities.

Provider	Support offered
SCRN	Networking lunches encouragement of peer-to-peer support Representation of VCS needs at strategic level
SCRN & partners	Parish plan events
Onesuffolk	Websites for communities
Suffolk ACRE/SC LSP	Direct sharing of information when needed

Other support & material available

Provider	Support offered
National Association of Local Councils	Guidance on clustering Free Communications Toolkit
Local Government Improvement and Development	Guidance on performance management
SCRN	Representation and information flow between LSP and strategic level and VCS
Suffolk ACRE	Guides and other support available on a variety of community issues

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