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Help for individuals & families
Individuals & families
Support for individuals and families, covering adult autism, mental health, digital equity, social prescribing, and wellbeing.
Help for communities
Communities
Support for communities with affordable housing, projects, buildings & halls, flooding, resilience, and sustainability.
Help for VCSE organisations
VCSE Organisations
Support for VCSE organisations with governance, funding, business planning, networking, volunteers, and much more.
About us
We’re a registered charity helping Gloucestershire’s communities since 1923. The official full name of our charity is Gloucestershire Rural Community Council, but these days we work in both rural and urban areas, and we generally just go by our initials, GRCC.
Core Services
GRCC works countywide to support people in Gloucestershire to develop and enhance their communities in the ways that work best for them. Contact us now to learn more about how we can help your community.
Bespoke services
We can tailor a bespoke support package to meet your individual needs. Please contact a member of our Community Development Team to discuss your requirements or request a quotation.
Independent Facilitation
To help to identify the issues that are important to your community or to enable your organisation to plan aspects of its work.
Community Priorities Toolkit
Helping communities to identify local infrastructure and issues that are important to them.
Community Asset Transfer
Localism in action - registering an asset of community value, and how to own a community asset such as a community shop, pub, or a redundant piece of land or a building.
Funding Advice
On the full range of financial options for your project or organisation. Support to develop your funding skills and to help you identify suitable funding for your community project or organisation.
Volunteer Management
Advice and best practice with all aspects of volunteer management.
Surveys and Data Analysis
Bespoke support to help you get the most out of your survey.
Community Climate Change Action Plans
Emergency and Resilience Plans
Community Asset Management
Governance
Organisational Development Advice
Strategic Business Planning
Gloucestershire Village Hall Finder
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What our clients say
Testimonials
Andy Hayes
West Cheltenham Partnership
It has been a pleasure working with Angela on our strategic and charity governance reviews. Having an independent voice with bags of relevant experience has helped us to focus on what's most important for the charity. The board now operate as a team with identified roles, make more effective and informed decisions, and as a result are more productive. It's been money well spent!
CEO
A Gloucestershire charity
Thank you so much for your time yesterday, I found it really helpful and supportive. You have a fantastic depth of knowledge and experience, and it was great to have an ‘external view’ and insight. I will put all the ideas into practice and will let you know how I get on.
Gloucestershire
Parish Councillor
Can I just say how incredible GRCC have been in supporting the parish in the last few months - we couldn't have got half as far as we have without you.
Board Member
Community Land Trust
Just a short note to thank you for your time and encouragement yesterday, both of which were greatly appreciated.
Gloucestershire
Parish Clerk
I must say you have been one of the best speakers/external experts I have encountered in my 35 years as a public servant... On behalf of the Parish Council I thank you for your work with us.
Client
North Cotswolds
Hello Jason [GRCC Technology and Digital Inclusion Social Prescribing Link Worker for the North Cotswolds] It’s a week since you last came & I felt I should “thank you” again for your help. You’ve given my husband more confidence in using IT & he’s using the NHS app! We both really appreciate the help you gave us both.
Client
North Cotswolds
Dear Jo, I just wanted to say a heartfelt thank you for your kind support with my PIP application. Your understanding and the letter you provided mean a great deal to me. It’s comforting to know I have someone caring like you in my corner. I really appreciate the time you took to listen and help me navigate things. Thank you again for everything.
Group Member
CASA Drop-in
To my relief and delight, there was ... somewhere I could be more myself, and somewhere I could relax and not worry about what others thought about me. ... The real benefit ... is being in an environment where everyone is different but with enough similarities that we can make connections. We get it, we get each other, and that is more valuable than gold.
Professional
Gloucestershire
It was wonderful to have you attend and to deliver such a fantastic presentation to our clinical team. I found the autism training session to be extremely informative and valuable to my practice as a clinician. It has encouraged me to reflect on my own approach, particularly in being more mindful of the language and tone I use. The training has also given me the confidence to engage in bolder and braver conversations, which I feel will greatly enhance the support I provide. I am very grateful for the insight and practical strategies shared.
