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Many groups achieve an enormous amount but often no one recognises this outside the group, which can be disheartening. One way to overcome this is to make sure that you all recognise what the group has achieved. For this reason, an annual review meeting is very valuable. It can also be a good way to let new members see what has been going on. Such a review can form the first part of your Annual General Meeting. The AGM itself is important as the meeting where you also present the annual accounts and select the committee. If you want to do a review, then someone, not necessarily the co-ordinator, should spend some time listing what has been done and preparing a short presentation. This should emphasise not just what your group has done, but also the benefits to the community and the environment. If you have slides of sites, before and after, so much the better but if not, a display of photographs can help. Allow time for a discussion about what has and hasn't happened. If you have an action plan, this is a good occasion to review last year's plan, and perhaps to present ideas for or agree this year's. The review should then be written up and circulated to all members and supporters with the newsletter. Remember to send the Community Unit a copy. It can also be useful to inform others, including any funders, donors, neighbouring groups and other interested bodies.
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