2014 Activity Plan/Volunteer Support

Lead member of staff

Katie Chan

Indicative budget amount

£2,000; £5,000 for local Wales and Scotland activities respectively

Description and overall rationale

Timelines - i.e. what happens quarter by quarter

Success criteria and Metrics - overall and quarter by quarter breakdown if relevant

Goals

Increase the number of active volunteers to 150

Ensure available volunteer equipment is deemed relevant and comprehensive by volunteers

Have >3,000 media files uploaded to Wikimedia Commons that are either generated by our pool of volunteer equipments or as a result of support from our project grants

>300 hours of use of our volunteer computer equipments

3 training opportunities organised, attended by on average 10 volunteers each, evaluated as useful by attendees (on top of the Train the Trainer)

We will aim to receive 25 Project Grants in a year and work with volunteers to make at least 80% application approved for funding

1 active meetup each per area per quarter

1 event in each area per quarter

Additionally, during the next 10 months (till July 2014), the Living Paths (Wales) project will:

Advertise its existence through Welsh language websites and newspapers

Publish 6,000 guides on editing Wicipedia

contact and work with 9 county councils which border the Coastal Path

publish more than 25 Welsh training videos on Wicipedia Cymraeg

ensure that 2,000 communities in Wales have a Welsh and English article

>400 articles on different elements of the Path (eg Points of Interests) available

representatives from >100 groups have been trained in wiki-skills

>500 Listings and links to Wikivoyage

Risks