Business Plan 2012-13
We are presently consulting on and developing our Business Plan for 2012-13. There are three objectives:
a. Developing Quality TARAs
The core work needs to continue, providing services to TARAs and supporting them to develop. Training and support should become an integral part of this objective.
i. Managing your TARA
ii. Communications
iii. Financial Control
iv. Involving your Community
v. Equalities
b. Engaging Under Represented Groups
RotherFed to continue leading the Golden 7 project working with a wider range of community volunteers, linking people together particularly in communities where they are under-represented. This often involves working with individual volunteers as well as organised groups. This work will be also link people in with established or new TARAs wherever possible.
(i) Targeted work in geographic areas of deprivation
(ii) Working with under represented communities of interest
(iii) Golden Seven
c. Strategic Leadership
With the major changes and expectations on communities as enshrined in the Localism Act, RotherFed is well placed to take a leadership role working with local Rotherham’s local communities and our partners at RMBC and VAR to engage proactively with such changes. We are collaborating with VAR to be the two lead organisations for the Communities First programme in Rotherham.
i. To support the community sector to respond to the changes brought about by the Localism Act
ii. For Rother Fed to build its capacity to represent members and be engaged in strategic decisions
iii. To develop and support non-political campaigning tools and mechanisms for groups
iv. Subregional, regional and national networking
Business Plan 2011-2012 (pdf)