1. County growth plans
Lisa Williams - Assistant County Commissioner Support B&SG
Tamsin Fudge – Head of Growth and Insight
SWE Growth Conference 17 November 2018

2. Growth Goals! Planning for growth locally
We want every county to develop a growth plan that is:
Shaped to the local area
Practical
Deliverable
Growth Goals!

3. Benefits of a county growth plan
Having a county plan can help in lots of ways:
Gets people focussed
Gives direction
Helps with funding opportunities
Gets people working together
Brings fresh ideas
Gives a sense of accomplishment

4. B&SG good practice
Bristol and South Gloucestershire’s county plan has …
Been in use for 2 years
Set up a task group
Wrote our MGR plan
Embedded MGR plan into our Strategic plan
Contained lots of ideas
With costs!!!!
Task group refreshed annually
Plan reviewed
What worked well/what didn’t
Plan updated
New ideas and existing ideas
Increase in volunteers

5. How to begin writing a plan
You may have some ideas or a list of three things you want to do – but now it’s time to take it to the next level
Step 1 – As a team look through Our plan – it’s very helpful
Step 2 – Look at your local data and spot the gaps, drop-off points, successes, big waiting lists etc
Step 3 – Look at the local context behind the data, gather ideas, talk to each other about what works
Step 4 – In your team use Our plan to write a growth plan together

6. B&SG – Who’s on our team? People with existing skills
Data analysis
Those that have an opinion
Those that are willing to attend events and talk to the public
In B&SG we have a task group of 15 people
Admin support
Each allocated a specific task
Use outside agencies

7. B&SG - How often do we meet?
We meet three/four times a year
Specific Facebook group
Team members support events
Biscuits and cakes 

8. B&SG - Where do we get your data from?
We work with Region data mainly
Limitations
Difficult to collect locally
Local data on unit teams and girl numbers
Each division in our county has person who works with our County Join-us Co-ordinator
Look at numbers of girls in each section
Plan for the future

9. B&SG – How do we use the data?
We look at the data and review what we need to focus attention on
Retention
Growth
Existing volunteers
Multiple roles
Need local knowledge
Rural/urban needs are different

10. Growth scenarios In groups discuss the scenario given to you:
What would you do?
There is no right or wrong answer!
Every county/island will have a different viewpoint
Remember no idea is a silly idea!!!

11. Delivering the plan It’s your plan, for your county/island
You are responsible for making it happen
Work as a team
No-one is going to tell you off if it doesn’t go to plan
Adapt it and improve it
Stop – start - change