Futurebuilders part of ACF led consortium appointed to deliver Communitybuilders Fund

Futurebuilders will be part of a consortium led by the Adventure Capital Fund (ACF) that has been appointed to deliver Communitybuilders, a £70 million government programme which aims to help build more cohesive, engaged and active communities through investment in community-led organisations looking to develop long term viability.

Barclays will provide £9.5m matched funding for Futurebuilders Modernisation Fund

Tuesday, 16 June 2009
Futurebuilders England today announced a new partnership with Barclays Commercial Bank, whereby the bank has agreed to allocate £9.5 million to match the funding of The Government’s Modernisation Fund.
Barclays will work with Futurebuilders, on a case by case basis, to provide loans to Third Sector organisations to help them become more resilient [...]

Social Enterprise Investment Fund now open

The Social Enterprise Investment Fund, which provides loans and grants
to social enterprises which improve the quality of health and social
care for local communities, opened today. The Fund is managed by
Futurebuilders in partnership with Partnerships UK, on behalf of the
Department for Health.
The Fund has helped more than 150 social enterprises by investing over £20 million [...]

Vacancy: Business Development Assistant, Newcastle

We are currently looking for a Business Development Assistant to join our team in Newcastle. Working as part of our dynamic and focused business development team, you will be responsible for answering initial telephone and web
enquiries for the range of Futurebuilders funds. Closing date for applications is 30 June 2009.
This [...]

New Council wants help to innovate public services

An Innovators Council has been set up by the Cabinet Office to fast-track ideas generated by frontline staff and citizens to deliver better and more efficient services.
The Council, which is made up of a group of experts and inspirational thinkers from the public, private and third sectors, is looking for suggestions to improve public services. [...]

Issues organisations face when bidding for public service contracts video

On 22 May 2009, 70 organisations attended a meeting about Futurebuilders’ new pilot third sector consortium, which will trial a new approach for pooling expertise and resources for core services associated with tendering for contracts – such as bid writing, financial modelling, contract negotiation and performance management.

At the event, we spoke to third sector organisations about [...]