Success stories

Futurebuilders has invested over £162 million in more than 325 third sector organisations, so we know that third sector commissioning works. In the second of 2008, for example, our investees won £7.7 million worth of contracts in just three months.

Here are some recent success stories of organisations we have invested in who have successfully won public service contracts with our help.

Waveney Mow & Grow- cutting grass, cutting crime and cultivating futures

Find out how Waveney Mow & Grow used its investment from Futurebuilders to successfully bid for and win contracts to rapidly expand their gardening service for vaulnerable people. Read more about Waveney Mow & Grow

Alderbury Pre-school - early years education for the under-5s

Find out how Alderbury Pre-school ensured the sustainability of the organisation and moved to a new, much improved building with a £60,000 investment from Futurebuilders. Read more about Alderbury Pre-school

Martha Trust - providing a home for people with disabilities

Find out how Martha Trust, which provides residential care for people with profound disabilities, improved its ability to win contracts with a £695,125 investment from Futurebuilders. Read more about Martha Trust

Positive Steps Oldham – kickstarting education for excluded youth

Learn how Positive Steps Oldhams educational arm - Kickstart - purchased a new site through Futurebuilders to deliver alternative curriculum for those at risk of exclusion from mainstream education provision. Read more about Kickstart

SWBC - delivering high quality health and well-being services

Read about how Sheffield Well Being Consortium was etablished and subsequently secured a contract with the help of a £155, 344 investment from Futurebuilders . Read more about Sheffield Well Being Consortium

Bridge - delivering top-class drug and alcohol services

Learn how Bridge, a registered charity, saved its finances and started winning contracts with the help of a £213,750 investment from Futurebuilders. Read more about Bridge

Coasts - providing mental health awareness to young people

Find out how two social entrepreneurs from Plymouth set up a successful social enterprise, delivering services all over the south-west, with the help of a £65,335 investment from Futurebuilders. Read more about Coasts

THOMAS - helping those on the margin in Blackburn

Read about how THOMAS, a registered charity, is helping rebuild the lives of ex-offenders and drug and alcohol misusers with the help of a £476,514 investment from Futurebuilders. Read more about THOMAS

New to loan funding?

Loan funding is new to many third sector organisations and many of the organisations that come to us has never borrowed before. But it has many advantages.

Find out the benefits of loan funding.

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