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Oct
12New public sector contracting opportunities 12 October
1 CommentsLooking for contracting opportunities to deliver your services? Check out this week’s list of opportunities with approaching deadlines.
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Sep
28New public sector contracting opportunities 28 September
Some of the latest public sector contracting opportunities with approaching deadlines.
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Sep
21New public sector contracting opportunities 21 September
Some of the latest public sector contracting opportunities with approaching deadlines.
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Sep
14New public sector contracting opportunities 14 September
The latest public sector contracting opportunities.
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27Preparing for a Futurebuilders application
Follow these guidelines to successfully prepare for a Futurebuilders application.
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Aug
27Making sense of Futurebuilders terminology
Sometimes we come across words that may not be in most people’s daily usage. Many of them are specialist financial terms and others may refer to a specific section of the third sector. To combat this information gap we are starting a series of articles aimed at making sense of many of the terms used in the sector.
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Aug
26Commissioning review spring 2009
This is the twelfth of Futurebuilders England’s quarterly Commissioning Reviews.
Financial crisis…economic downturn…recession. We have all heard these words and phrases repeated so often over the past few months that it’s hard not to get bogged down in the negatives. But there are many positive things happening as well, particularly in the third sector, which we [...]
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Aug
19How to write a business plan
Guidance on how to write a good business plan. Futurebuilders needs to be sure that your organisation is ready to take on an investment by looking at your organisation’s business plan. It gives us information about your aims and objectives, financial status and type of work undertaken, helping us to understand why you need an investment.
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Aug
6Tendering for public service contracts
Third sector organisations play a significant role in delivering public services. Grants are becoming less common and bidding for public service contracts is becoming increasingly competitive, so it is imperative that third sector organisations understand how to tender effectively for these contracts.
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6Interview with DWPs Head of Delivery Strategy on commissioning the third sector
Tracy Hughes (DWP) talks to Futurebuilders about third sector commissioning at the Department for Work and Pensions. She delves into why organisations arn’t always successful in winning tenders and gives advice on the tendering process.
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Jan
31Sector spotlight: The National Programme for Third Sector Commissioning
Sarah Wood, Director of the National Programme for Third Sector Commissioning, explains the programme and how third sector organisations can get involved.
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Jan
31Sector spotlight: Cumbria Council putting people ‘In Control’
Third sector organisations that deliver public services paid for by individuals through individualised budgets are eligble for our investments. Here, Peter Knock from Cumbria Council explains its ‘in Control Total’ pilot which changes how support is provided.
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Jan
31Sector spotlight: How to achieve sustainable funding
NCVO’s Sustainable Funding Project (SFP) is a first-stop shop encouraging and enabling third sector organisations to explore and exploit a full range of funding and financing options.
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31Budgets and cashflows
Budgets seek to give an overall picture of levels of income and expenditure, cashflow aims to ensure that you have enough money in the bank.
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Jan
6Top tips: Writing an effective business plan to secure investment
Peter Stone is the Managing Director of Peter Stone Consulting Limited, a management consultancy for the voluntary and community sector which specialises in governance and management, strategic planning, finances and tendering. Here he outlines his top tips for writing an effective business plan to secure investment.
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Jan
6Top tips: Working in consortia
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.
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Jan
6Top Tips: Sustainable Funding
Olof Williamson is Sustainable Funding Officer at the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO). Here he outlines his top tips for funding your organisation sustainably.
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Jan
6Top tips: Successful tendering
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.
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Jan
6Top tips: Measuring your outcomes
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.
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Jan
6Top tips: Commissioning at local level
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.
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Jul
31Sector spotlight: The shape of things to come
Sharing similar names and mutual interests, Capacitybuilders and Futurebuilders can easily be confused. Here, the Chief Executives of each organisation answer some questions.
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