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

2. 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

3. Action reporting

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

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6. Now click here to look at the latest progress report

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

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

10. Status updated Now click here

11. Expenditure recorded Now click here

12. 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….

13. Now click here to open Action AG03.02

14. Now click here to see the first progress report

15. First report when funder identified Now click here

16. Now click here to see the second progress report

17. Second report when application submitted Now click here

18. Now click here to see the latest progress report

19. Third report when funding received Now click here

21. Progress towards this action goal reported when funding received

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

23. Now click here to open Action B01.02

24. Now click here to see the progress report

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

27. 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

28. Target reporting

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

30. 0.5 ha created at Wandsworth Common 1.5 ha in progress at Tooting Common Updated quantifiable target measures Now click here

31. 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.

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

33. 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.

34. 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

35. Overview Reporting

36. Now click here to open the overview report

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

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

39. 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 Now click here to open the constraints report

40. Details of the constraint… …and a proposed solution

41. 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

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