THE SAINT LUCIA NATIONAL TRUST - Environmental Funds Tool Kit

Protecting Fair Helen’s PatrimonyIt is envisaged that at least 2 new siteswill be developed and opened for publicaccess during the life of this Plan. Inaddition, the SLNT will continue toaggressively pursue its advocacy on theprotection and conservation of SaintLucia’s natural heritage andenvironment; and for the creation ofparks and protected areas.The great diversity and sheer volume ofwork which faces us is a constantchallenge and we rarely have all theresources we need. Planning andprioritising work, developing theappropriate skills in staff andvolunteers, and keeping a tight rein oncosts is essential. We also need tobecome ever more professional ingenerating income both by commercialactivity and in fundraising. The Trustwill establish a new core function forbusiness services and events andthrough this function will develop aSLNT Brand Signature and flagshipconservation enterprises under thisbrand signature.a. Our MethodThe strategy formulation benefittedfrom:□ The conduct of SWOT 2 andSTEEP 3 analyses; anenvironmental scan of theinternal and externalenvironments in which the Trustis operating, a stakeholder2 Strength, Weakness, Opportunities and Threats3 Social, technological, economic, environment andpoliticalanalysis and a problem treeanalysis. 4□ The preparation of a StrategicDirections Paper.□ Meetings, discussions andinterviews with a wide crosssection of the Trust’smembership, Staff members,members of the Council; andmembers of the SteeringCommittee 5 .□ Review of the various Trust□documents and reports.Desk top research and documentreview of the work of otherNational Trusts in the other partsof the world, and how they eachformulated their strategic intentand/or plans.□ An electronic questionnaire 6 inorder to ascertain members’choice for Vision, Mission andValue Statements.□ Historical analysis of thefinancial performance of theTrust over the last five years.□Discussions leading to proposedamendments to the 1972National Trust ActA number of core issues that will beaddressed in the Strategic Plan.• The quantum of Governmentsubventions to the Trust maychange over time;4The results of the environmental scan, thestakeholder analysis, and the problem tree analysisare documented in the Strategic Direction paper,which is available under separate cover from theTrust.5 This Steering Committee was established to workalongside the consultant.6 The response rate was unfortunately veryinadequate.3