Here are a collection of stories of organisations that have successfully applied for an investment from Futurebuilders.
If you are a Futurebuilders investee and are interested in telling your story here, please contact Pontus Westerberg, tel 020 7927 6350 or email pontus.westerberg@futurebuilders-england.org.uk.
01-07-2008
Proud City is a social enterprise based in Salford that provides learning opportunities to actively stimulate community engagement in public services, private businesses and in the third sector.
30-05-2008
Waveney Crossroads is a registered charity that provides respite care for carers in the Waveney district of Suffolk. It offers traditional ‘in the home’ care services and day services from two centres in Lowestoft.
24-01-2008
‘Before THOMAS, I never questioned any of it. Taking drugs, committing crime and going in and out of jail was just the life I accepted.’
14-12-2007
StreetVibes Youth (SVY) is a not-for-profit social enterprise that combines entrepreneurialism with social awareness and community outreach. Founded in 2004 by Sonia Ramanah and Orlando Clement, it provides accredited music technology and production training to ‘at risk’ youth, including young offenders and disadvantaged young people in South London.
08-11-2007
Upon hearing the name Rosalie Ryrie, you may find yourself thinking it sounds more like the name of a person than an organisation – and you would be right. A user-led, not-for-profit organisation working to tackle domestic abuse in Wakefield, Yorkshire, Rosalie Ryrie was named after a person close to founder Ann Ramsden’s heart – her mother.
04-09-2007
Music for Change received a £45,000 development grant from Futurebuilders to fund marketing and sales work for their services promoting awareness, understanding and respect for cultural diversity through music and the performing arts. Here former Chief Executive Kerry Kalokoh explains how the grant has helped her organisation.
17-07-2007
With just under a year to go before Cottingley Cornerstone Centre opens its doors to the community of Cottingley, near Bingley in West Yorkshire, Piers Jackson highlights how an idea to build a new church and hall for a deprived rural community has developed into a multi-million pound regeneration scheme.
01-06-2007
Futurebuilders investee, Cross-Herts Community Counselling (CHeCC) is a network of eight children and young people’s counselling agencies supporting 13-25 year olds across Hertfordshire. CHeCC has embraced the consortium model and after two years of hard work it is showing results. Jenni Anderson, Communications Manager at Futurebuilders England meets them at their office in St Albans.
09-05-2007
Trinity Winchester provides a range of integrated services to address the effects of homelessness, addiction, physical and mental ill health, social isolation and poverty in the Hampshire City Centre. Meeting several corporate priorities they have been given ‘key client status’ by Winchester City Council and work in a number of partnerships in the area. Trinity Centre Manager, Ian Davies, tells their story so far…
05-04-2007
Established in 1987, The Lighthouse Group (TLG) is a charitable organisation which helps young people who are at crisis point in their education. The charity works with young people between the ages of 13-21 by providing extensive educational support to those who have been excluded (or are at risk of exclusion) from school and with those who have left school without any qualifications. Tim Morfin, Chief Executive at The Lighthouse Group tells us more:
17-01-2007
Real Life Parenting (RLP Services) Ltd is a not-for-profit social enterprise that provides a wide range of training and support services in the fields of parenting, education and training. They have a particular emphasis on working with disabled children and young people and their families. Director Simon Orphan tells us more about his organisation.
23-11-2006
Building Blocks Solutions is a social enterprise working in mental health. Set up four years ago by a husband and wife team – Gill and Graham Gardiner – it provides a range of innovative and high quality services to adults with mental health needs across Nottinghamshire. Gill offers the following top tips on how to achieve success as a social enterprise.
26-10-2006
Futurebuilders investee Broadreach House opened its new support and training centre for people with drug and alcohol problems, Ocean Quay, in September. Here Business Development Manager at the charity, Rick Weeks explains how they generated positive media coverage with the local press in Plymouth.
25-10-2006
Futurebuilders invested £920,000 in PeaceMaker to support the development of community cohesion programmes across the North West and Yorkshire & Humberside regions. Here is their story as told by Director, Siddika Ahmed: