Top tips
04-08-2008
Jon Royle is Chief Executive of Bridge, a Bradford based charity providing drug and alcohol treatment services. In this article, he outlines his top tips for successful tendering.
30-05-2008
The South London Learning Consortium (SLLC) is a Community Interest Company that works for the benefit of communities and business across South London. In this article, its Chief Executive, Stephen Jeffery, outlines his top tips for how to successfully develop and work in consortia.
12-05-2008
The Futurebuilders England Outreach Team has been holding free pre-application surgeries for potential applicants across England since July 2007, and the feedback has been overwhelmingly positive.
12-05-2008
New Philanthropy Capital (NPC) is a charity that provides tailored research and advice to donors and funders on how to give more effectively. In this article, Tris Lumley, a Senior Research Analyst for NPC, gives his ideas on ways that third sector organisations can measure and analyse their results.
09-05-2008
Futurebuilders web development partner Brava Design is a social enterprise providing innovative graphic design and web design solutions. In this article Stephanie Ward - Business Manager at Brava Design - gives us her top tips for ways that the web and new media can help your organisation communicate more effectively.
09-05-2008
BID Services with Deaf People (BID) is a large, regional charity based in Birmingham, which provides a range of support services for deaf and hard of hearing people. A Futurebuilders investment of £2.5 million was matched with a £1 million contribution from BID to build a new deaf cultural centre to house the charity's staff and offer increased facilities for its users.
09-05-2008
A session at our recent Investee Support Day was devoted to a group discussion on commissioning. Investees discovered a number of top tips to help third sector organisations build relationships with commissioners at a local level.
09-05-2008
The Better Value = Better Services Conference hosted by Futurebuilders and NCVO, brought together third sector service providers and public sector commissioners to examine the current commissioning climate. The objectives were to identify good practice, opportunities and challenges for public service delivery by the third sector.