What We Do
Improving support
Capacitybuilders exists to help create a more effective third sector by funding improved support for third sector organisations.
Our focus
We make significant investments but cannot provide funding to meet every support need, so we invest in support organisations (sometimes called infrastructure or second tier organisations).
Our focus on ‘support services’ encompasses a huge range of activity and organisations within the third sector and beyond, which take a role in:
- providing advice, training and development for third sector organisations
- promoting communication and collaboration across the sector
- garnering third sector action where clear gaps exist
- ensuring the views and experience of the sector can influence policy and partnership working.
Looking ahead
Capacitybuilders’ Corporate Plan for the three year period 2008-2011, sets out the key priorities and objectives in the context of the Government’s Third Sector Review and renewed investment in the ChangeUp programme of £88.5 million, under three key themes.
By working closely with the third sector to build on progress to date Capacitybuilders wishes to develop its role as:
- a strategic and engaged funder investing in change
- a learning agency supporting capacity building in the third sector
- a valued and influential partner to the third sector and Government agencies.
