Siobhan Farmer
Council: Gloucestershire
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Activity Timeline
Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.
34 meetings · Page 1 of 7
Cabinet - Wednesday 28 January 2026 10.00 am
The Cabinet of Gloucestershire Council was scheduled to consider a range of financial and strategic matters, including the Medium Term Financial Strategy and the Digital Infrastructure, Inclusion, and Innovation Strategy. The meeting agenda also included discussions on the use of the Dedicated Schools Grant, the adoption of the Gloucestershire Local Nature Recovery Strategy, and various operational and asset management plans.
Gloucestershire Health and Wellbeing Partnership - Tuesday 27 January 2026 1.30 pm
The Gloucestershire Health and Wellbeing Partnership meeting scheduled for Tuesday 27 January 2026 was set to cover updates on key health initiatives, including a blood pressure exemplar theme, a strategic overview of tobacco dependency, and an update on employment support programmes. The meeting also included arrangements for NHS Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board (ICB) clustering.
Gloucestershire Health & Wellbeing Board - Tuesday 13 January 2026 3.52 pm
Cabinet - Thursday 9 January 2025 2.00 pm
The Cabinet of Gloucestershire County Council met on Thursday 9 January 2025 and endorsed the Leader's response to the English Devolution White Paper, committing to local government reorganisation and devolution for Gloucestershire, and requesting a postponement of county council elections. The Cabinet also approved a draft budget for consultation, which includes a 4.99% Council Tax increase, and made decisions on various operational and strategic matters including waste haulage contracts, fire service duty systems, and IT system consolidation.
Cabinet - Wednesday 3 December 2025 10.00 am
The Gloucestershire County Council Cabinet met on Wednesday, 3 December 2025, and agreed to put the draft budget for 2026/27 out for public consultation. They also approved plans for a new fire and rescue service training facility, highways depot, care home, and residential housing at the Coombe Hill site, and agreed to extend several contracts for services including household recycling, fostering and residential care.
Decisions from Meetings
96 decisions · Page 13 of 20
Commissioning of short break activities for disabled children and young people.
From: Cabinet - Wednesday 5 March 2025 10.00 am - March 05, 2025
...to delegate authority to the Executive Director of Children’s Services, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Children’s Safeguarding, to conduct a competitive procurement process for a four-year multi-supplier Framework Agreement commencing 1st April 2027 for the provision of Short Breaks Activities to disabled children and young people across Gloucestershire, award the Framework Agreement to preferred tenderers, and procure and award Call-Off Contracts under the Framework Agreement, subject to financial restrictions and a separate key decision for contracts exceeding £500,000.
Recommendations Approved
From: Cabinet - Wednesday 5 March 2025 10.00 am - March 05, 2025
...to note the report on the Council's performance and risks during Quarter 3 of 2024/25, which included Council Strategy updates, an overview of performance, and performance and risk scorecards.
Recommendations Approved
Schedule of Proposed Disposals
From: Cabinet - Wednesday 5 March 2025 10.00 am - March 05, 2025
...to meet capital receipt targets, the Cabinet approved the proposed Schedule of Disposals, declaring specified sites surplus to requirements and delegating authority for their disposal.
Recommendations Approved
Establishment and construction of a new special school for children and young people (aged 4-16) with complex learning difficulties
From: Cabinet - Wednesday 5 March 2025 10.00 am - March 05, 2025
...to establish a new 200-place special school for children aged 4-16 with complex learning difficulties, allocate land west of Alstone Croft in Cheltenham for its construction, allocate £20 million to the Children & Families Capital Programme for the school, and delegate authority for related consultancy and construction contracts.
Recommendations Approved
Continuation of the Homes for Ukraine host payment top-up including those hosting guests on the Ukraine Permission Extension (UPE) scheme
From: Cabinet - Wednesday 5 March 2025 10.00 am - March 05, 2025
...to allocate up to £1,767,560 from the Homes for Ukraine tariff grant to continue topping up host payments to £600 per month for all participating hosts from April 1, 2025, to March 31, 2028.
Recommendations Approved
Summary
Meetings Attended: 34
Average per Month: 1.5
Decisions Recorded: 96