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How to apply

Step-by-Step Guide to Applications

Step 1: Contact Your Local County Councillor

  • Begin by discussing your project idea and how much funding you are seeking support for with your local county councillor.
  • If you're unsure who your councillor is, you can find out here: Your Councillors

Step 2: Submit the Pre-Application Form

  • If your councillor is supportive of the idea and has confirmed how much funding they are willing to endorse, complete the online pre-application form.
  • This form will automatically notify the named councillor and request their endorsement.
  • If two or more councillors agree to endorse your project:
    • Do not use the online pre-application form.
    • Instead, email the project team directly at: GNF@gloucestershire.gov.uk to discuss your application.

Step 3: Wait for Councillor Endorsement

  • If the councillor confirms their endorsement, you will receive an email with a link to the full application form.
  • You can then proceed to complete and submit the full application.

⚠️ Note: The online application form will not save your progress until you click ‘submit’, so please review what is required and ensure you are ready to complete the fields as necessary.*

Step 4: Application Submission to the Project Team

  • Once submitted, your application will be processed by the Grassroots Neighbourhood Fund project team.
  • Councillors must declare:
    • Their association with your organisation.
    • Any potential conflicts of interest.

Step 5: Final Approval

  • The Director of Public Health at Gloucestershire County Council will make the final decision.

Step 6: Notification

  • You will be informed of the progress and outcome of your application in a timely manner by the Grassroots Neighbourhood Fund project team via email.

If Your Councillor Does Not Support the Project

  • You may approach other county councillors if your project directly benefits residents in their division.

⚠️ Note: Applications submitted directly to the project team before councillor endorsement may take longer to process.

* Items required for application form completion:

  • Organisation name, name of project, name of County Councillor
  • Contact details and legal status of applying organisation, including company/charity number if relevant
  • Current activities of your organisation
  • Ofsted URN if applicable
  • Details on the economic activity of your organisation, if relevant
  • Amount applied for and what this will be spent on
  • Overview of how the funding will be used, the expected outcomes, and how this will be sustained
  • How it will be accessible with consideration of the Equality Act 2010
  • Information on whether the activities will involve altering any land or buildings, and associated consents and maintenance details
  • Start and end dates of proposed activity.
  • Knowledge of whether this funding is contributing to a larger amount of funding required for a wider project, and what has already been raised and whether the activities outlined in this application form can continue without the additional funding being raised