Application resources

Our application resources have been developed to help you successfully apply for, and recieve a Futurebuilders investment.

To help you understand a bit more about how an application to Futurebuilders works, we have put together a handy step-by-step guide outlining the application process. 

Resources

These resources have been written to help you prepare for a Futurebuilders investment.

• Where to find public service contracts
• How to write a business plan
• Budgets and cashflows
• Tendering for contracts
• The benefits of loan funding
• Preparing for a Futurebuilders application
• Making sense of Futurebuilders terminology
• Before signing on the dotted line - all you need to know about procuring public sector contracts (PDF format, 419KB)

Top tips articles

Top tips articles are written by experts and relate to tendering, commissioning and applying for a Futurebuilders investment.

• Top tips: Sustainable funding
• Top tips: Writing an effective business plan to secure investment
• Top tips: Commissioning at local level
• Top tips: Successful tendering
• Top tips: Measuring your outcomes
• Top tips: Working in consortia
• Top tips: Getting the most out of a surgery day

Sector spotlight articles

Sector spotlight articles are written by people active in the third sector to share their ideas and experiences. These articles are in the writer's own words and do not necessarily reflect the views held by Futurebuilders.

• Sector spotlight: Cumbria Council putting people 'In Control'
• Sector spotlight: The shape of things to come
• Sector spotlight: Achieving sustainable funding
• Sector spotlight: The National Programme for Third Sector Commissioning

What next?

Want to read some examples of what your Futurebuilders investment package might look like? Ready to begin the application process?

• Search our database of investments
• Submit an enquiry