PRO BONO: EVESHAM’S TOWN PLAN

Earlier this year the Evesham Town Plan working group published its detailed vision for Evesham.  We have created a vision for the Evesham of the future, reflecting the needs and aspirations of residents and users of the town and devised  an action plan to help us to get there.

Our objectives were to give as many people as possible an opportunity to help to shape a thriving future for Evesham:

• Establish a broad consensus on what needs to be achieved.
• Produce an exciting shared vision for the next five, 10 and 20 years.
• Produce and agree a clear, ambitious and achievable plan.
• Propose a framework for implementation and evolution.

We modified a standard business transformation methodology to provide an easy to follow approach.  We called it “5D”:

1. Definition.  Here we defined the objectives and scope of the project.  We established project roles and governance and identified the key stakeholders.
2. Discovery.  We engaged the stakeholders to clarify expectations and identify issues, identify and prioritise the key issues and opportunities, finalise the scope of the project and sign off the project charter.  We will also developed communications and survey tools.
3. Diagnosis.  Researched community issues and opportunities in and around Evesham, identified and examined good practice elsewhere.
4. Design.  Here we considered our options, defined the key elements of the Town Plan and validated them with our key stakeholders.
5. Delivery.  Here is where it all came together.  We produced a delivery plan, identified obstacles and barriers, created a pilot plan (refining it in consultation with our stakeholders) launched the Town Plan and reviewed progress with our key stakeholders.