Developing a Balanced Programme
Developing and implementing an overall strategy will help to ensure that the aims
of the project are focused on reducing repeat victimisation: interventions developed
as part of a whole are more likely to be effective than a collection of measures taken
at random. It will also highlight any gaps in provision that you may want to address.
A strategy and implementation plan also help to ensure that the work is done in a
systematic and accountable way.
The partnership can use short-term, ‘quick win’ initiatives to test viability and
impact. However, ‘quick wins’ should always be incorporated into the Partnership’s
overall objectives and long-term programme for repeat victimisation problems. Successful
‘quick wins’ can build credibility for the partnership and can lever in additional
or new funding for future programmes.
Plotting what is planned or in progress will help to double-check that your programme
contains that balance.
As well as interventions and initiatives that the partnership and partners will
take forward, there may well be opportunities to mobilise others to take supporting
action.
Click here for a progress chart. Using different colours, the chart should
distinguish between:
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