M-T1-SP-24 · A 90-day try-out

A club plan for Community Development Alliances

Use this as a starting point. Cross out what does not fit, add what is missing and make it your club's own.

Where this idea came from

Playbook entry: M-T1-SP-24 · Community Development Alliances
Theme: Theme 1: Attraction & Visibility · Subtheme SP: Strategic Partnerships
Source material: Existing checked Theme 1 guide
Linked playbook entry: M-T1-SP-24 · Community Development Alliances

1. Is this worth trying here?

What we hope will change: Sustain a place-based alliance in which residents and organisations coordinate long-term development priorities, resources and accountability.

What is happening in our club or community now?What is the smallest useful version we could try? What will we leave out?

Board contactPerson leading the workPerson checking what happened

2. Our 90-day try-out

What our club will do for Community Development Alliances
Step	What we will do	Who could lead it
1	Map local assets and priorities through resident-led engagement.	Community co-design team
2	Recruit organisations able to commit authority or resources to those priorities.	Alliance builder
3	Adopt the charter and transparent project-selection criteria.	Alliance members
4	Launch a balanced portfolio of resident-backed actions.	Place coordinator
5	Report progress publicly and reallocate effort using local feedback.	Accountability panel

3. Checks before we start

Things our club needs to check
Question	What it means for us	Who will check	Done?
Residents, including groups often excluded, must hold real influence over priorities and evaluation.
Separate alliance decisions from party-political campaigning, developer promotion and funder branding.
High — tokenistic engagement, land interests and unequal organisational power can displace resident control.

4. What changed?

What we will keep an eye on
What matters	Where we are now	What we hope to see	How we will check	Who
Resident participation influences the published priority set.

After 30 days

Is it reaching the right people? Is anything unsafe, unfair or harder than expected?

After 60 days

Make one useful change based on what people have told you.

After 90 days

Compare with where you started. Decide whether to change it, continue it or stop.

Before your club says yes

Does the idea fit?

Talk with the people it is meant to serve and check that the need is real.

We have checked this

Who can say yes?

Name the person or group that can approve the work, spending and any safety arrangements.

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Are people protected?

Check privacy, consent and safety. Collect only the information you genuinely need.

We have checked this

Can everyone take part?

Check the language, format, place, technology and cost for barriers.

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Are the facts and permissions right?

Check names, claims, images, quotations, partner references and Rotary branding.

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How will we learn?

Note where things stand now, check in at 30, 60 and 90 days, and decide what to do next.

We have checked this

Worksheets for your club

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Facilitation and conversation guide

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Workflow and minimum-data register

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Partnership and stakeholder map

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