Consultant / Facilitator required for creating a Community Plan for the Cliffoney Community Forum

Tender description

The Cliffoney Community Forum operates in North Sligo and its purpose is to enhance lives of all residents in Cliffoney village and surrounding townlands. It is a Registered Charity and a CLG. Operating well over the last two years despite the restriction of the world pandemic. This is now the time to engage widely with the community - in public meetings - to identify their wants and needs in the form of a Community Plan. This Plan will then provide a framework for action in the short, medium and longer term. The requirement is for a Consultant / Facilitator to engage with residents to lead this work -operating closely with the Directors and Members of the Forum. Step 1: agree the plan and approach with the Directors of the Forum Step 2: send an An Post mailshot (circa 450 addresses) to issue an invitation for a series of community consultations (likely 4) in the Village Hall in Cliffoney: please note, there is no appetite for this work to be conducted by Zoom Step 3: identify themes and projects desired by the community Step 4 refine these ideas into short, medium and longer term actions and assign priorities for action Step 5: Synthesise the results into a cohesive and persuasive Community Plan, agree its content with the Directors and then publish The Consultant / Facilitator is expected to: - use social media, tv, radio and the press to create and maintain interest in this work - create a collaborative series of engagements using techniques to engage the community (including businesses, schools and other existing organisations) - reinforce the work as it progresses by providing feedback to all attendees within 3 days of each community meeting to all attendees - recognise that attendance at these meetings by the community is consuming their spare time and so there must be an air of excitement and commitment to producing a worthwhile finished product (the Community Plan) - the Plan should be powerful and persuasive to the community and external authorities