Measure your success - liquor licensing WA
Some example measures of success, and tools to measure the success of community participation in liquor licensing are provided below. You may find these a useful starting point for measuring the success of your Community Action Plan activity.
Process measures
- Engage with 'x number' community organisations to assist in establishing partners to support work in liquor licensing activity
- Recruitment of 'x number' partners involved to participate in a liquor licence objection
- Conduct 'x number' meetings held with partners to increase knowledge of how to participate in liquor licensing objections
- Conduct 'x number' community events to raise awareness of how the community can participate in local liquor licensing matters
- Increase local awareness and engage the community by increasing the number of local media articles focused on addressing local liquor licensing issues by 'x number'.
- Increase evidence collected to support a liquor licence objection (e.g. profiling local community issues related to a liquor licensing issue) by 'x number'
- Submit 'x number' liquor licence objections within 12 months
- Increase number of objections from [insert area] community members and/or 'x name' community organisations by 'x number'.
Impact measures
- 'x number' partners will report on stronger connections between community and partner organisations as a result of participating in community liquor licensing activities
- 'x number' participants will report an increase in awareness of the benefits of strong partnerships and how to become involved in and influence decision-making regarding liquor licensing matters
- 'x number' community members and partners will report an increase in awareness of alcohol-related harms in the community
- 'x number' community members and partners will report an increase in awareness of the liquor licensing process
- The number of liquor licence applications to be refused or altered (e.g. conditions put in place) will decrease by 'x number' as a result of community participation in liquor licensing activities
- 'x number' partners will report an increase in awareness of the harms associated with increased availability of alcohol
- Police report that number of incident reports (e.g. anti-social behaviour and other problems arising from alcohol) associated with risky drinking decreased by 'x number' .
Tools to measure success
- document analysis (e.g. meeting minutes, submissions from community members and partners, etc.)
- partnerships analysis
- liquor outlet density data
- trading hours exemptions lists
- focus groups
- interviews.
Next steps
Other things you can do to support your community:
- Work with your community partners to educate older adults about alcohol and other drugs: see Alcohol, Other Drugs and Older Adults
- Work with your community partners to further connect and strengthen your community: see Strong and Connected Communities
- Work with your community partners to encourage greater engagement with volunteering: see Involving Volunteers