The Coalition Planning Group

The Planning Group is made up of a core group (Coalition Directors) and Assembly members who wish to contribute, routinely or from time-to-time, either generally or on particular topics. The Planning Group meets every two months. The Planning Group carries out practical tasks to support central activities, including:

  • taking soundings, views and ideas from the Assembly and other sources
  • deciding the direction of the Coalition, its priorities and the practical work to be done at the Coalition’s centre
  • providing overarching perspectives, policies, politics, ethos and aspirations
  • co-ordinating what people do locally, in different sectors and at national level
  • finding allies and connections between different communities of interest; collecting information about who is doing what in areas of interests; and sharing information with the field which will encourage/protect independence
  • supporting those who carry out central Coalition work.

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