Elements and Performance Criteria
- Identify potential for group
- Develop approach to create and maintain interest
- Identify community organisations and media as potential avenues for promotion
- Promote program in region or locality to create interest in it and its objectives
- Modify approaches to diverse sections of the community to cater for their perspectives and cultures
- Bring together people interested in forming new groups
- Communicate group potential and achievements
- Identify and promote environmental issues that have the potential to be addressed by the community and group to raise interest
- Record and use group and regional achievements to promote the group and the program
- Identify and address any tension or conflict between people in group formation and development using appropriate and consistent conflict resolution approaches
- Enlist members and volunteers
- Invite contacts to join the group and program to increase community involvement and resources
- Identify interests and skills of community members to introduce them to relevant program activities and others with mutual interests
- Give people who wish to form new groups advice, support and access to information and program resources
- Ensure approaches and dealings with individuals and groups include appropriate regard for cultural issues, equity and disability
- Manage minority interests within the group to develop group cohesiveness in line with program requirements
- Use activities to facilitate group formation and bonding and to attract new members