We are pleased to present the first Annual Report of the Civic Agreement, highlighting a year of impactful collaboration and meaningful progress for Luton. In this inaugural year, the University of Bedfordshire and the Council have partnered on 39 joint projects, delivering across the five Luton 2040 vision priorities. These initiatives not only support the University’s strategic goals for student learning, research, and widening access to higher education but also contribute to our shared mission of fostering positive, lasting change for all in Luton.

We hope you enjoy reading about this first year of progress as evidence of how the Civic Agreement delivers our joint commitment to drive positive change for Luton that benefits all our communities.

Measures of Success and Impacts

The Civic Agreement contains 17 long term joint commitments and key success measures for year one linked to these commitments focussed on:

• Developing joint projects across all five Luton 2040 priorities.
• Submitting successful joint funding applications for future collaborative work.
• Establishing and implementing a governance framework to build shared capacity.
• Delivering joint projects linked to the University’s new £3 million investment in the Bedfordshire, Luton & Milton Keynes Integrated Care System Research & Innovation Hub.
• Building on the pioneering work of the Luton Fairness Taskforce.

Download a copy of our Civic Agreement Annual Report and infographic summary:

A Civic Agreement Annual Report (2024) [PDF]

Summary of the Year 1 activity (infographic) [PDF]

Download a copy of our Civic Agreement:

A Civic Agreement for Luton - full version [PDF]

A Civic Agreement for Luton - short version [PDF]