First stages

Unpicking the decision

Who has made the funding cut?

• Understand the organisation, particularly its governance and decision-making processes.
• What is the status of the decision? Has it been ratified by the highest decision-making body?
• Who are the decision-makers?
• Was the decision officer-led (i.e. by executive officers) or member-led (i.e. by elected Councillors or non-executive board members)?
• Who are the members of the governing body?

What was the basis for the funding cut?

• What reasons have been given for the cut?
• Has the funding organisation fully taken into account the consequences of the decision and the implications for service provision?
• Has the funding organisation considered all relevant facts?
• Has the funding organisation been fair, transparent and even handed in its decision-making process?
• Has the funding organisation operated within the terms of any contract, service level agreement, local funding agreement or national /local Compact?
• Are there grounds to challenge the decision-making process? 

• First stages: unpicking the decision
• Second stages: making the case
• Third stages: building the campaign