Area Committee process, timetable and how to submit an outline proposal
Area Committee Funding Process
The annual Area Committee funding process is divided into 3 stages:
Stage 1: Identifying local priorities
- Conversations to identify local priorities
- Stage 1 forms submitted
- Surgeries held between councillors and BCC officers
- Community and councillor prioritisation
- First formal meeting
- Invitations to submit full stage 2 proposals
Stage 2: Proposal development and decision making
- Full proposals developed by delivery body (community group or BCC department)
- Full proposals submitted
- BCC technical assessment
- Second formal meeting
- Make funding decisions
Stage 3: Grant management and delivery
- Funding agreements drawn up and funding transferred to community groups
- Projects delivered
- 6-monthly progress updates
- End of project monitoring
Area Committee funding process 2023 to 2024
Outline Area Committee funding process
Stage 1: April to October 2023
- Neighbourhood priorities identified, April to May 2023
- Stage 1 outline proposals submitted, by end of 26 May 2023
- Viability discussions, June and July 2023
- Shortlisting of outline proposals, early August to September 2023
- Stage 1 proposals prioritised and shortlisted by 18 September
- 2023 Invitations to submit full stage 2 proposals, by end of October 2023
Stage 2 Mid October 2023 to February 2024
- Full stage 2 project proposals submitted in December and early January, deadlines by Area Committee will be communicated to applicants
- Technical assessment of project proposals
- Funding decisions made by councillors at Area Committee meetings in February 2024
- Funding decisions communicated by end February 2024
Stage 3 March to April 2024
- Funding agreements drawn up, March 2024
- Funds transferred and community projects begin delivery, April 2024
Council departments, such as Parks and Transport, typically work to delivery schedules for Area Committee-funded projects which can be between 1 and 3 years from the point of funding approval.
Timetable 2023 to 2024
View pdf Area Committee funding timetable 2023 to 2024 (160 KB) .
How to submit a Stage 1 form
More information will be available when funding process starts again in January 2025.
How to submit a Stage 2 full project proposal
We will contact all applicants who're invited to Stage 2 to develop a full project proposal. The forms will be shared by email.
To complete your proposal, check the pdf guidance document (421 KB) .
For guidance on creating a good Equalities Impact Assessment:
- watch our Equalities Impact Assessment Session video
- refer to the pdf presentation (513 KB)