Capacitybuilders' funding

Funding programmes

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

Capacitybuilders funds support organisations and groups in Yorkshire and The Humber with the aim of improving the quality of support services available to frontline groups. Total investment in the region is forecast to be approximately £5.4 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 Colin Harrison at Electroville, who are based in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire.

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	6	1,015,000
Modernisation projects	7	1,207,363
Improving Reach projects	10	2,913,194
Social enterprise projects	3	258,950
Grand total	26	5,394,507