2. Why does your area need to see the sort of regeneration that could result from being UK City of Culture? 3. Why is culture a key mechanism for achieving regeneration in your area? · Does the area have a clear identity, or the potential to establish one? · Does the bid demonstrate why the area needs to be UK City of Culture and how it could benefit from it? Maximum score: 5 2. Overall Vision 4. What is your overall vision for a UK City of Culture programme in your area? 5. What is distinctive about your vision? What differentiates it from the visions which could be put forward by potential bids from other areas? 6. What step changes will UK City of Culture help you to achieve in your area (please describe both the baseline position and the intended changes). 7. What are the main themes and components of your UK City of Culture programme? [Please include as Appendix A to your bid an indicative outline programme for 2021 (and the lead-up period if you wish). This need be no longer than 2 · Is there a strong, clear vision for the UK City of Culture programme and the impact it would have on the area? · Are the vision and programme distinctive and clearly linked to the nature and character of the area? · Are the intended step change impacts significant and credible compared to the baselines? · Do the themes and components provide sufficient scope for a varied programme with broad appeal to a wide range of audiences? Maximum score: 15 3. Cultural and Artistic Strengths 8. What are the main cultural assets in your area that you will be building on and how will you maximise your existing assets? 9. What are the main gaps, weaknesses and · Are the cultural foundations of the bid clear, credible and linked to the programme? · How well does the programme use existing
opportunities in your cultural offer and how will you use UK City of Culture to address these? 10. What will be distinctive and innovative about your UK City of Culture programme? 11. Which local, national and international cultural organisations, networks and partnerships will be involved in delivering your programme? 12. Which local, national and international artists and cultural practitioners will be invited to participate in your programme? 13. How will you ensure the programme delivers cultural excellence? 14. How will you ensure you provide diversity - of all kinds - in your cultural and artistic programme for UK City of Culture? 15. How will you use digital technology and innovation in your cultural and artistic programme for UK City of Culture? cultural assets, facilities and partnerships? · Does the outline programme have significant distinctive elements across a of arts forms and cultural activities? · Has the bid identified credible potential contributors of national or international standing? · Are the plans for ensuring cultural excellence and diversity credible and deliverable? · Are the plans for using digital technology and innovation in the programme credible and deliverable? Maximum 25 4. Social Impacts 16. What role does cultural activity currently play in delivering regeneration, community cohesion, health and well-being in your area? 17. How will your UK City of Culture programme contribute to regeneration, community cohesion, · Is the bid building on a demonstrable record of achievement in using culture to deliver regeneration, community cohesion, health and · Will the programme make a measurable impact on regeneration, community
of Culture programme be managed? 4. What would be the role of each of the bid partners you have identified? 5. How are local people, groups and communities being consulted about the bid? [Please include as Appendix D to your bid a list of all the organisations and individuals who have been involved in the development of the bid and indicate their role in the development.] consulting local people, groups and communities? · How strong does the support for the bid appear to be? · Are clear management and governance arrangements? · Has the process for developing the programme been thought through clearly? · Is it clear how tensions and disagreements between partners will be managed? Maximum score: 15 2. Track record 6. What previous record in organising and delivering significant programmes of cultural events do you and your partners have (please give examples indicating the nature, duration and approximate cost of events/activities)? 7. How have you used what you have learned from this track record in developing your UK City of Culture bid? [Please include as Appendix E to your bid a list of past events and activities that have been managed by you and your partners over the last 5 years.] · How strong is the track record in delivering significant programmes of events? · How wide-ranging is this experience? · How recent is this experience? · Has the bid team drawn on lessons from major events either in their area or elsewhere? Maximum score: 15 3. Funding and Budget 8. How much do you expect it to cost to deliver your proposed programme? 9. How much additional funding do you expect to require over and above · How realistic are the cost estimates? · How realistic are the funding plans and aspirations? · Is there a credible fundraising plan?