Last updated: 07 July 2009
Communitybuilders is a £70m investment fund which takes forward a commitment within the CLG Communities in Control: real people, real power White Paper (July 2008) to build more cohesive, empowered and active communities. The fund, which is jointly run by CLG and the OTS, is designed to empower citizens and communities by strengthening the resilience of multi-purpose community-led organisations across England through a mixture of financial and advisory support.
The type of the organisations that will be supported by they investment fund will have to have the ambition and capability to fulfill the following roles:
A consortium led by Adventure Capital Fund (ACF) will deliver Communitybuilders £70m funding programme in partnership with Futurebuilders England and the Community Alliance. Communitybuilders funding will be open for applications in late summer 2009.
For further information on the eligibility criteria and to register your expression of interest call 0191 261 5200 or visit the Communitybuilders website [external website] .