We are closing the Futurebuilders Fund to new applicants following huge demand from the third sector for social finance. We have been receiving up to £90m worth of enquiries per month.

Stephen Bubb, Chairman of The Social Investment Business said: “The Futurebuilders Fund has confirmed the sector’s appetite for affordable loan financing – even in these challenging economic times. [...]

Two Modernisation Fund workshops are available this month. Attend to see if you are eligible and find out more about working collaboratively to help your orgnaistion prosper.

The Social Enterprise Investment Fund announce eight investment products to help enable social enterprises to better deliver health and social care services.

The Social Investment Business is the new trading name for Futurebuilders England Fund Management Limited which manages the Futurebuilders Fund, The Social Enterprise Investment Fund, The Communitybuilders Programme and the loan element of the Modernisation Fund.

Jonathan Lewis, The Social Investment Business Chief Executive, will be on the judging panel for this year’s Charity Champion Awards.
The Awards acknowledge the significant difference politicians have made to a great number of charitable causes through campaigning, legislative support, talent and expertise. They provide a platform for the voluntary sector to pay tribute to parliamentarians. [...]

Adventure Capital Fund today confirmed that the criteria and investment packages for the Communitybuilders Fund had been agreed with The Office of the Third Sector and Communities and Local Government.

We are delighted to announce that the Secretary of State has awarded the DWP Future Jobs Fund contract to 3SC, the trading name for the newly formed Third Sector Consortia Management LLP of which we, along with Eastside, are founding members.

Adventure Capital Fund (ACF) and Futurebuilders England Ltd today announced the adoption of a new trading name - The Social Investment Business – to bring together all the funds and programmes they currently run under one umbrella.

Jonathan Lewis, Futurebuilders England CEO responds to the 37th Report of the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee, “Building the Capacity of the Third Sector” (HC436), which investigated recent work building the capacity of the third sector.

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.

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

Futurebuilders England has today made its tenth grant from its new Small Organisation Tender Fund, leaving only a further £110,000 up for grabs.
 
The Small Organisation Tender Fund – which was officially launched on January 23 this year with an initial pot of £220,000 – provides grants of up to £15,000 to help small third sector [...]

On 6 May 2009, The Guardian hosted a round table debate around ‘Funding the third sector’. Taking part were third sector leaders from, among others, NAVCA, Social Finance, Learning and Skills Council, The Compact Commission, CAF and Futurebuilders.

The debate will feed into a Guardian supplement on funding the third sector to be published on 3 [...]

Futurebuilders England today released a revised version of its 2008-2011 Investment Plan

Futurebuilders Investment Plan 2009 - Revision 1 (PDF format)

Futurebuilders England has announced it will be launching a new online match-making service for third sector organisations

Futurebuilders is sponsoring the Charity Awards 2009’s Sustainability Hallmark of Excellence award