checking your resource assumptions and ensuring that sufficient funding will be available
ensuring the availability of support staff from across the organisation, such as IT and frontline/call centre staff
reviewing your staffing structure to identify if current staffing levels remain sufficient
developing a staff training schedule, to include data protection considerations, for the different types of staff involved in the canvass
ensuring any storage requirements are sufficient, both for printed forms and scanned forms, and that you are not retaining personal data for longer than is necessary
establishing how and when you will promote and communicate key canvass messages
briefing your media and communications teams about the key messages and dates and establishing how you will use your local authority website, press releases and social media platforms to encourage responses