Assessor Application Form

Assessment Teams can be made of up to 4 people from various backgrounds, each responsible for submitting feedback for each project they have visited. This might not be one person from each role, but each is required to provide feedback online after the Assessment Visit(s) have taken place.

Please ensure that you hold the relevant qualifications, skills and knowledge before volunteering to become a Civic Trust Awards Regional Assessor. 

Please consider the time implications required to undertake this role, which is likely to involve 1 full day of visits depending on the location and number of projects entered from the area. An additional half day/evening should be set aside to complete the online feedback for each project visited.

Assessors not only consider architectural design merit, but sustainable building practice, accessibility for all and whether a scheme has made a positive impact on the community they serve. We are proud of the high standards and rigour our judging process has, and that the Civic Trust Awards is the only awards scheme in the built environment industry that considers all of these elements within its judging criteria. 

• Architect Assessor: their role is to consider the architectural and design merits of the scheme in addition to other aspects of design such as sustainability, accessibility, and civic contribution. If the Architect Assessor is visiting a scheme where a Universal Design Assessor is not present, we ask that they also consider accessibility within their feedback (compliance with Part M and K of the Building Regulations as a minimum requirement).
• Universal Design Assessor: their role is to ensure that the scheme has been designed with the needs of all users in mind. This ranges from people with decreased mobility, parents with small children, people with sensory impairments and everything in-between.
• Community Assessor: their role is to provide feedback on the civic contribution of the scheme. How has it delivered a positive social, cultural, economic, or environmental benefit to the local community. The Community Assessor can be a practicing architect, a built environment professional such as engineer, PR/Marketing, journalist. Or non-professional representative with an interest in the built environment such as a representative from a community group or civic societies.
• Local Authority Representative: a member of the local or county council who can provide guidance on specific or non-specific planning issues relating to the scheme. The LA Representative can be from the LA that the scheme is in or another area.

To apply to become a volunteer Civic Trust Awards Regional Assessor, please complete the the Application Form and return by email to info@civictrustawards.org.uk