| Mid Sept - mid
Oct |
| First national planning meeting takes place: |
| |
National Action Week committee established
Coordinating organisation(s) named
GCE focal point named
Agree which of the global activities you will participate
in
Plan what materials you want to produce locally (poster,
leaflet etc) and who will do this |
|
| Oct 15 |
| Coordinating organisations/GCE focal point
should: |
| |
Coordinating organisations/GCE
focal point should:
Register with GCE
Apply for campaign materials
Request funding application |
|
| Nov |
Hold second national
planning meeting if necessary to reach agreement on activities
and approve draft local materials |
| Nov 26 |
Deadline to return
funding application |
| Dec |
GCE focal point should
post information about national plans on the GCE website so
that other groups can find out how to get involved |
| By Dec 10 |
GCE informs applicants
of funding outcomes |
| Dec |
Local materials should
go to the printer before the December holidays |
| Early-mid Jan |
| National planning meeting |
| |
Set dates for national Back
to School Day and national Pledge Event
Draw up a list of tasks for the remaining months and clearly
allocate responsibility - a named individual for each
task
Work out logistics of how Friends (cut-outs) will be collected
and transported
Draw up a "hit list" of celebrities and important
politicians you hope to involve, and divide up the responsibility
for contacting them
Discuss national policy change objectives and national
pledge |
|
| By Jan 15 |
You should receive
the GCE campaign materials that you have ordered. |
| By Jan 31 |
Send mass mailing
to schools/education groups explaining how to get involvedInclude
GCE posters/leaflets along with any national campaign materials
that have been produced |
| By Jan 31 |
As soon as dates
of major national event(s) agreed, send invites to Head of State/key
Ministers/celebrities |
| Early-mid Feb |
A good time for state/district/local
planning meetings, once logistics and coordination mechanisms
have been worked out at national level |
| By mid Feb |
| National planning meeting |
| |
Finalise national policy change
objectives and national pledgeCheck progress on key invites |
|
| By late Feb |
Schools and local
groups to contact MPs, inviting them to participate in 'Back
to School' day. A good time to try to get advance press coverage! |
| Mid Mar |
| National planning meeting |
| |
Draw up media strategy - which
journalists will be targeted and who will contact them?
What materials (press release, report/briefing paper,
etc) will be needed and who will write and produce them?
Finalise details of national Pledge Event and national
Back to School day |
|
| Mid Mar |
You could use e-mail/SMS/web
to remind everyone about the Action Week and build momentum |
| 31 Mar |
Check that all logistics
are in place to get both Friends and children/adult learners
to the capital for the national event |
| April 19 |
Send out press releases
and contact journalists in person |
| April 24 |
Action Week kick-off! |
