Allotment Self Management

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Currently there are no allotment sites in Sheffield that the allotment society self manage.

Lesson One

The five diffent models for devolved management

 

Stage One

Dependence: Neither plotholders nor societies play any practical role in site management, beyond exchanges of information, perhaps through the medium of a "site representative". Dependence can be a comfortable state for plotholders, and one not willingly abandoned, if the level of service provided by the local authority is considered adequate, or if plotholders are resigned to a poor service. A deterioration in the quality of service (linked to the rising cost of direct provision) may stimulate interest in an alternative model, but only if dissatisfaction overcomes resignation. More positively, inertia may be overcome through the demonstration of the positive benefits to be derived from a degree of active involvement in site management.

 

I know it's quite heavy, but concentrate and we will be able to progress to Stage Two