The LDAT checklist: consult, plan, deliver and evaluate
The LDAT checklist is a step-by-step guide to the four stages of a Local Drug Action Team (LDAT) project: consulting your community, writing a Community Action Plan, delivering it, and evaluating and sharing your results.
Whether you’re new to an LDAT or your team has delivered several plans, it helps to keep the basics in view.
Step 1: Consult your community
Why consultation comes first
The best way to help a community is to work within it. Knowing who to talk to, how to involve them and understanding the issues first-hand also encourages people to take part once your activity is running.
What consultation tells you
Talking with people in your community helps you understand where the issues come from, possible solutions and how to deliver them, and what role the community can play in preventing harm.
Step 2: Write your Community Action Plan
What a Community Action Plan is
Your Community Action Plan (CAP) is your roadmap from ideas to meaningful change. Every LDAT must plan and deliver at least one CAP as part of its funding, which keeps your work effective, efficient and evidence-informed.
What your plan needs
Your CAP needs to show you’ve thought through your audience, activities, objectives and the steps to success. Independent members of an ADF panel review and assess every CAP.
Support from the ADF
Your ADF Relationship Manager will guide you through the CAP process, along with the resources on the Community Hub. After you submit your plan, you may get feedback with clear ways to improve it.
Step 3: Deliver your plan
Reporting on your activities
Once your CAP is approved, you’ll give your Relationship Manager regular updates on your activities, monthly or as requested. Reporting helps you check how your activities are working, focus your day-to-day tasks, find areas to improve and stay motivated.
Step 4: Evaluate and share your results
Checking what worked
When your activity is finished, compare your results with your objectives, look at key findings you can apply next time, and note the challenges, insights and lessons.
Sharing your success
Beyond the ADF’s reporting requirements, LDATs are encouraged to share their success through social media and traditional media.
Last reviewed: 8 November 2026
Partner with a Local Drug Action Team
Local Drug Action Teams work with local organisations, such as schools, councils, sporting clubs and health services, to prevent alcohol and other drug harm in their communities. See where LDATs are on our map, and if your organisation would like to partner with one, contact us.