Slides used by Annie Wells, at the Big Local ‘reviewing Big Local plans 2' learning event, organised as part of the Local Trust programme of networking and learning events for Big Local residents. The event took place on Saturday 7 March 2015 and speaker was from Ramsey Million Big Local area.

1. Reviewing the Community
Plan
Why do we need to do it?
Ramsey Million Partnership
Ramsey Million Partnership – Big Local Ideas for Ramsey Parish

2. How we got here
Ramsey Million Partnership – Big Local Ideas for Ramsey Parish
Consultation throughout 2012
Call for Partnership members from the community
23 signed up – 80% or more from Ramsey Parish
Draft plan started
Partnership ratified May 2013
Partnership review Feb 2014

3. Reviewed 2013
Ramsey Million Partnership – Big Local Ideas for Ramsey Parish
Felt little achieved until it was listed
Achieved lots of work on “invisible” things such as;
•creating a vision
•creating our procedures, policies, forms,
•working on the consultation information
•turning the “I wants” into reality
•research
•discussions
•learning new skills
•meetings

4. Review needed in 2014 as –
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Things may have changed
The area may need a different approach
Something may not be working
It may be working too well
There have been changes out of your control
Are you meeting the targets/objectives of the plan

5. Celebrate the Difference
event
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Grants as a quick win - 34 groups successful
Invited everyone we could think of!
Some groups were asked to do a 5 min presentation
Posters made
Speech bubbles and bunting produced
Buffet and event
Run by the groups! We just facilitated.

7. What have we learned?
Ramsey Million Partnership – Big Local Ideas for Ramsey Parish
We HAVE made a difference
The community are starting to “do it for
themselves”
People are starting to think outside the traditional
box
People are understanding they can make a
change

8. What worked?
Ramsey Million Partnership – Big Local Ideas for Ramsey Parish
Our consultation method (over 1000 responses)
Our plan – community on board
The review methods – We question what we do
How we do it
Did it work?
If not, why not?
The change in attitude of the community to “We
can do it”
Celebrate the Difference as people could see for
themselves what had been achieved
AJs Youthy and Toddler Time

11. What had not worked?
Ramsey Million Partnership – Big Local Ideas for Ramsey Parish
Our timescales were wrong
Some costings were not accurate enough
Unforeseen problems like lack of land
This was because we were very new at what we
were doing
So no need to panic if you do get it wrong.

12. Consultation 2015
Ramsey Million Partnership – Big Local Ideas for Ramsey Parish
•Using the Arts for consultation at events
•CREATE – Creative Ramsey Extending Arts To Everyone
•Meeting of all arts groups in Ramsey
•Chart for feedback from the community
•Video – for use with sound bites and clips from all RMP
activities to be shown on tablets when we talk to the
community

13. Top Tip
Ramsey Million Partnership – Big Local Ideas for Ramsey Parish
Do a review every year
and learn from your
successes as well as the
failures.
Change what is not
working and be confident
that you will be right.

14. Best thing
Ramsey Million Partnership – Big Local Ideas for Ramsey Parish
A real sense of
achievement when you
see it all written down
and how well so much of
it has worked.
https://www.facebook.com/ramseymillion

15. Celebrate the Difference
event
Ramsey Million Partnership – Big Local Ideas for Ramsey Parish