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Monitoring and Evaluation: Towns Fund M&E Strategy

This document details DLUHC's approach to the monitoring and evaluation of the Towns Fund (which encompasses both the Town Deals and the Future High Streets Fund) and is intended to inform the public and stakeholders of the rationale behind the evaluation and the eventual outputs it will produce.

The aim of this document is to set out a strategy that provides a set of activities, methodologies and evaluation approaches that can help us better understand what works and why, thereby supporting the implementation future local growth and regeneration interventions.

Published 2 December 2021

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FAQs: Stage 2 Business Case Development

MHCLG published 16 new FAQs on 6th July 2021, relating to Stage 2 of the Towns Fund programme.

DLUHC published 16 new FAQs on 6th July 2021, relating to Stage 2 of the Towns Fund programme. These cover key questions on project prioritisation, business case submission, assurance, finance and revenue funding.

Please click download below to view these new FAQs.

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Communications and Branding Guidance

MHCLG issued this Communications and Branding Local Authority Guidance for the Towns Fund, covering Town Deals (including Accelerated Funding) and the Future High Streets Fund (FHSF).

This Guidance provides clarity on how Local Authorities should use Government branding to help promote projects funded via the Towns Fund (Town Deals and FHSF) and collaborate on external communications opportunities. This includes guidance for those Local Authorities that are partnered with the Northern Powerhouse, the Midlands Engine, and the Oxford to Cambridge Arc.

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