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Capacitybuilders' funding

Funding programmes

Below is a brief overview of what Capacitybuilders' is currently funding in the West Midlands, you can find out more detail about each programmes' aims and objectives by visiting the Capacitybuilders' website.

Capacitybuilders funds support organisations and groups in the West Midlands with the aim of improving the quality of support services available to frontline groups. Total investment in the region is forecast to be approximately £4.4 million in 2008-11.

Tools and other resources produced by grant holders are shared with the sector in this website.

Strategic Change in Local and Regional Support programme

The local and regional strategic change programme includes grants which aim to strengthen and develop consortia throughout England. ('Consortia' refers to groups or networks of support providers who come together to plan strategically to improve the support services available in their region).
The programme includes Consortia Development and Consortia Modernisation grants.

Social Enterprise programme

The Social Enterprise programme aims to create local impact, facilitate regional coordination and create a national knowledge management exchange to improve the business support services available to social enterprise organisations.
This programme includes the National Knowledge Management Exchange and Local and Regional Project grants.

ICT Champions programme

The ICT Champions National Priorities programme has established a champion who is working with local support providers in the region to help them develop efficient and effective use of technology. The champion for ICT is Pete Read at Community First, who are based in Great Malvern, Worcestershire.

Improving Reach programme

The Improving Reach programme aims to extend and improve the support services available to frontline organisations working with excluded communities.
This programme includes Improving Reach project grants, made to individual organisations.

Overview of grants awarded
Number Investment (£)
Local consortia 11  1,162.000
Modernisation projects 12  1,627,406
Improving Reach projects 6  1,439,109
Social enterprise projects 2  172,391
Grand total 31   4,400,906
Business plans

You will find grant holders' business plans which outline their aims and activities, in the tools library of this website.

Resources produced using the funding

All tools from ICT guides to case studies) and other resources produced using the funding are shared in this website.