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Assessor’s eye: ACE nlpg application grading
A review of your Arts Council England Project Grant application.
No generic feedback
If you’re applying to Arts Council England National Lottery Project Grants, generic advice won’t help you succeed. What matters is understanding how your application will be judged; not how it feels, but how it would likely be scored against published criteria.
Reviewed using the same published criteria
Assessor’s Eye is a professional, criteria-based review of your application. Using Arts Council England’s published outcomes, objectives, and assessment criteria.
Clear, structured, actionable insight
You receive a clear, structured assessment showing how strong your application is, where it falls short, and exactly how to strengthen weaker areas before you submit.
What is Assessor’s Eye?
Assessor’s Eye is a pre-submission review service structured around Arts Council England National Lottery Project Grants published assessment criteria.
An independent scoring review
Graded against published assessment criteria
Maps your project against ACE’s criteria
Identifies where your application is vulnerable
What you receive
You’ll receive a clear, professional assessment document that includes:
– A summary of your application’s overall strength
– A breakdown of each outcome and objective
– Grading for every assessed area
– Written explanations for each grade
– Targeted suggestions on how to strengthen weaker sections
– Insight into how an application may be interpreted by an assessor.
The language is practical, funder-focused, and easy to act on.
Why choose Disconnected Bodies?
The UK’s leading arts sector bid writers and fundraisers with 20 years successfully securing grants from Arts Council England.
Assessor’s Eye is an independent advisory service. We are not affiliated with Arts Council England. Feedback is based on professional experience of applying for and working with public funding frameworks, and does not guarantee funding outcomes.
Success rate in 2025
Secured for clients in 2025
Applications written in 2025
1-hour Advice Call
With leading arts Bid Writer Pablo Colella.
Clear, practical guidance to strengthen arts funding applications, align evidence, and improve confidence when applying.
Assessor’s Eye: ACE NLPG Application Grading
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After you purchase
– You’ll receive email confirmation of your purchase with a service agreement for you to review and sign. Refunds are available up until the point the signed agreement is returned.
Not included
This service focuses exclusively on the quality, clarity, and ‘fundability’ of your written responses, not a review or assessment of your budget, activity plan or partners.
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Book a free 30-minute consultancy call and speak with Disconnected Bodies’ Founder Pablo Colella.
We pride ourselves on offering free, no strings attached advice. Book a day and time that suits you then leave it to us to get you moving past sticking points and towards your goals.
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