Annual Investment Survey instructions and templates
March, 2025
Organisations in receipt of Annual Funding Programme or Lottery Project Funding from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland during FY 2025/26 are required to complete an Annual Investment Survey.
For AFP clients, the Annual Funding Survey needs to be completed in full as a condition of your grant. Once completed and validated you will receive your remaining 5%.
For NLPF clients, the survey is shorter, requiring responses to several headline questions only. Completion is voluntary but we would encourage you to participate as the findings help us present a more comprehensive profile of the arts and culture survey each year.
All organisations required to complete the survey will receive an email via the on-line host, Qualtrics. E-mails have been sent to designated main contacts. If it doesn’t appear in your in-box, check your spam folders before contacting the Arts Council. Survey links will be sent out on Wednesday 25th March.
The survey needs to be completed and submitted on-line by Thursday 30th April, 2026.
About the online Survey
- The survey will save your progress (i.e. if you wish to exit the survey and return your answers your progress will have been saved up until the point you exited the survey).
- The survey allows you to go back and amend responses via the link provided.
- The survey allows you to share the link provided with other members of your organisation.
- At the end of the survey, you will be told you are about to complete the survey. Once you have submitted your survey you will not be able to go back and amend responses.
- Should you wish to contact the Arts Council regarding your survey, please email: [email protected]