Tools in this section

• Annual influence and participation planning
  This tool can help you identify how people will take part in each stage of your work and ensure people can meaningfully influence your work at the earliest opportunity and beyond.
• Application form
  This tool helps those interested to tell you about themselves. It will help you make informed decisions about who should take part.
• Creating a group agreement
  If you’re asking people to join a one-off focus group or discussion event, a group agreement lets everyone know where they stand and helps to create a safe space for openness and honesty. If you’re setting up a regular forum, make sure you have some terms of reference in place so that expectations are clear.
• Defining and refining  
  You can use this tool to quickly and robustly focus your team around the priority questions and methods that you will take into your influencing activity.
• Developing your opportunity
  To make sure you’re taking everything into account when planning your activity, you might find this ‘Developing your opportunity’ template useful. It takes you through all the things you need to consider to promote your opportunity and attract the people you want to reach.
• Identifying participants
  You can use this tool to help you to think about which audiences and particular groups you would like to take part in your work, the methods you need to use and who can help you do this.
• Invoice for involvement
  You could use this invoice template as a guide when paying people to be part of your participation activity or develop your own.
• Thinking about your timeline
  Use this tool to situate your influence and participation activities into the bigger picture of your work. This will help you run meaningful initiatives that have the maximum level of influence.
  

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