- Yes, this is also eligible as match-funding for Arts Council England applications.
- We do not expect you to have match funding, and it will not affect our decision.
- We will ask for deliverables and outcomes for the amount awarded by Luton Arts.
- It’s worth noting it is a tight delivery timeframe
- Lightning Fund decisions will be shared by the end of September 2025
- Evolution Fund decisions will be shared by mid December 2025
- All funded projects should be delivered by 30 September 2026.
What evaluation and reporting will be required?
Please see page 4 and 5 of the criteria document for full details.
Ruth Melville Research (RMR), the evaluation partner of Luton Arts and BLCF, require involvement from successful applicants throughout the course of the project delivery. As part of understanding the difference we make, RMR would like to ask you to reflect on your learning and feedback, which includes the completion of:
- reflections logs (at the start of your project, during, and on completion),
- attendance at least one reflection session
- completion of ‘outcome wheels’ (a light-touch reflection exercise that allows project teams or individual artists to self-reflect on their learning journey).
The latter will be managed by BLCF, and training will be provided by RMR.
We hope this to be a beneficial process to also enable you to document learnings for other opportunities in future.
