Consultation Checklist (Appendix 9)

Consultation Checklist

• Plan it using the Consultation Mandate and the Toolkit

• Put your consultation into the Covalent Consultation Module and, for bigger consultations, into the partner consultation calendar (contact Community Planning and Policy on 01389 737231, email:  pauline.kenney@west–dunbarton.gov.uk)

Double check that you know:

• Who to consult – have you thought of everyone?

• Whose views will be most influential?

• That you have thought of the right issues and questions to focus on. 

• That you have selected the most appropriate method(s). 

• How much it will cost and where the money is coming from.

• What decisions will be affected and when.

Ensure that you have:

• Used plain English and no jargon. 

• Avoided any leading or ambiguous questions.

• Piloted your survey and focus group questions in advance.

• Thought about different people's preferences in terms of methods.

• Offered a choice of consultation methods to suit preferences.

• Thought about involving 'hard to reach people'.

• Made information accessible in terms of language and formats

• Planned for how the views of different stakeholder groups will be      balanced against each other.

• Given people plenty of time to respond.

• Decided who will do the consultation, in-house or an agency.

• Successfully built consultation into your service review and planning process.

Double check that participants will know:

• Who is being involved and why.

• What decisions will be influenced.

• Who will take these decisions?

• When the decisions will be taken.

• How the results will be fed back to them.

• That anonymity will be respected (if requested).

• Who they can contact about the exercise.

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