All rugby clubs will at some time make plans to develop or improve their clubs. The challenges the clubs have are firstly, since many clubs are run by volunteers, they don’t always have the skills or the workforce resource to make the changes effectively.

Secondly, the leader or leadership group don’t always have the experience to develop achievable and realistic plans.

The following sections about building and delivering a plan are developed in detail in the PDFs available for download below:

1. Key principles in planning
2. Step by Step Guide to making changes
   • Step 1 – deciding what to change
   • Step 2 - focussing on the change, including building a SMART plan
   • Step 3 – Delivering a detailed plan, including an example