A Best Practice Guide to Using BARS Part 3: Reporting in BARS

Three Types of Reporting in BARS Action reporting: when action has been taken e.g. applied for funding, sowed seeds, planted trees, held an open day, etc Target reporting: when there has been measurable progress towards target goals e.g. new habitat created, survey indicates population increase, etc Overview reporting: summarises overall achievements of the HAP or SAP

Action reporting

Now click here to open Action AG03.03 Reporting on Action AG03.03

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Now click here to look at the latest progress report

Progress report gives brief details of what has been done… Now click here …using accessible language and whole sentences. …and when… …and why… …and where…

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Now click here Action Goal updated to keep track of quantifiable progress

Now click here Status updated

Now click here Expenditure recorded

e.g reporting on action AG03.02 fundraising for habitat creation…. Successive progress reports at different stages can reduce the need for long lists of actions e.g reporting on action AG03.02 fundraising for habitat creation….

Now click here to open Action AG03.02

Now click here to see the first progress report

Now click here First report when funder identified

Now click here to see the second progress report

Now click here Second report when application submitted

Now click here to see the latest progress report

Now click here Third report when funding received

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Progress towards this action goal reported when funding received

e.g. Reporting on Action B01.02 Providing advice to householders… Relevant documents are attached as part of action progress reports e.g. Reporting on Action B01.02 Providing advice to householders…

Now click here to open Action B01.02

Now click here to see the progress report

Now click here to see the leaflet A brief, easy to read progress report shows where readers can find more information… Now click here to see the leaflet …and the leaflet has been attached for access from the public area of BARS

Action Reporting Summary Report action progress on these tabs: Progress reports: Brief verbal report and attach relevant documents Action goal: Quantifiable progress Status: Update status when it changes Resources: Record time and money spent

Target reporting

Now click here to open Target AG03 Reporting on Target AG03.03

Now click here 0.5 ha created at Wandsworth Common 1.5 ha in progress at Tooting Common Updated quantifiable target measures

Up-to-date reporting Status report… …complemented by brief verbal progress report - much more informative than status alone Verbal report only about goal of habitat creation itself. Does not include e.g. funding obtained, consultation, publicity etc.

Now click here to see the latest progress report Reporting on Bat SAP Target B01

Brief progress report relevant to the target of roost numbers. Does not include information on planning applications, etc. This has been reported in reports for actions.

Target reporting summary Report target progress on these tabs: Progress reports: Brief verbal summary of progress directly related to target goals Target goals: Quantifiable progress

Overview Reporting

Now click here to open the overview report

Overview reporting for the Wandsworth Acid Grassland HAP Top-level report on how the whole Acid Grassland HAP is going.

…but more detailed information can be added under different categories using the Progress tab Now click here For most partnerships/ boroughs in London, filling in the report summary may be sufficient… …and a similar report for the Bats SAP.

Now click here to open the constraints report A significant constraint is recorded because it is holding the plan back This will be picked up in 3-yearly reporting rounds and is a chance to influence government policy etc

Details of the constraint… …and a proposed solution

Overview reporting summary Report overall HAP/SAP progress on Plan Overview Report tab: Summary: Highlights/overall achievements of the HAP/SAP Progress: More detail if required Constraints: Significant factors holding up progress

Have a look at Wandsworth’s For more… Have a look at Wandsworth’s Acid Grassland HAP Bats SAP and Grey Heron SAP on BARS