A22 Future plans

• Nothing is more exciting than for people to gain confidence about themselves and what they can do together. If leaders and motivators are committed and have helped the community to plan wisely, the sense of achievement and confidence will be very exciting to experience.
• Once a community has successfully achieved its first priority, the people who worked hard from the beginning to support the process of change – but also others who didn’t want to get involved last time – are likely to be keen to help with further changes.
• This time there is no need to go back to the beginning. The information and the dreams are all there. Help people to choose their next priority wisely. Remember all that has been learnt about planning, and working on one priority at a time.
• The practical achievements will be there for everyone to see, but the real achievements are in people’s hearts and spirits – a new confidence that the future is in their hands.

• Reflect on how things were before we started the community mobilisation process. How have we changed as individuals?
• What has gone well during the past year or two? What has gone badly? Why?
• What are the lessons we have learnt? What should we have done differently?
• As we begin planning a new priority, do we need to bring in any extra help? Are any more motivators needed? What other resources might be needed?
• If future changes need outside help or money, remember that the best way to persuade an organisation to help us is to show how we achieved our goals in the past by community mobilising. How can we write up information about our past achievements clearly and simply, using the available facts and figures we have gathered?

This page was last updated on 10 August 2005