Measure your success
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
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