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Decision-making process

When an application is submitted, our Thriving Communities Grant team will first review it to ensure that it meets the criteria and requirements of the scheme. If it does, then the application is sent to a local panel for review. 

Panel members read and score the applications using a standardised scoring matrix. They then meet to discuss applications, give their feedback and scores, and decide whether applications are successful or unsuccessful.

This information is presented to the Head of Voluntary and Community Partnerships for final decision making.

How are review panels formed?

Panels are organised per district and receive review applications from their areas. Previously there have been panels for Gloucester, Forest of Dean, Cotswolds, Cheltenham, Stroud, Tewkesbury and Countywide, but this is dependent on the number of applications received.

Members of the review panel are adult social care, voluntary/community sector and district council professionals:

  • Thriving Communities Grant team, Gloucestershire County Council
  • Know Your Patch representative
  • District council (Gloucester, Forest of Dean, Cotswolds, Cheltenham, Stroud and Tewkesbury)
  • Social workers, Gloucestershire County Council (Gloucester, Forest of Dean, Cotswolds, Cheltenham, Stroud, Tewkesbury and Learning Disability Team)

 

Please note that in cases where there is a conflict of interest, for example where Know Your Patch representatives or district council officers are involved in organisations that have applied for a grant, these panel members will not be involved in the scoring, discussions and decision making for those applications.