Launch of Destination 2014 in London

Destination 2014
Vision Into Action 7th December RAF Museum, London

The consultation of Destination 2014 was launched at the Capacitybuilders’ Vision into Action event on 7 December 2006 held at the RAF Museum in London. The event was attended by over 180 delegates from the voluntary and community sector, with Minister for the Third Sector, Ed Miliband in attendance as keynote speaker along with Capacitybuilders’ Chair, Chris Pond and Chief Executive, Simon Hebditch. The meeting itself was chaired by Catherine Johnstone from RAISE, who facilitated an informative question and answer session from delegates.

Capacitybuilders now plans to work in consultation with third sector organisations on the development of Destination 2014 before agreeing a final version of the document. Capacitybuilders wants to listen to the views of the sector and is encouraging involvement in a number of ways including through a series of regional consultation events.

Comments

[Kerry Tweed]

The importance of ChangeUp as a method to developing infrastructure support to provide effective frontline services to improve people's lives cannot be underestimated. Funding by government for this programme is extremely helpful to supporting activities to this end. Opening up funding to the private sector, however, undermines the whole programme. Embed the objectives of this programme by identifying those in the Third Sector who should provide particular activities or services, and, if you're worried about the ability to deliver as much as a well-established private agency might, then provide the support (through the Hubs, our beacons of expertise and good practice?) to those organisations to build their capacity to ensure delivery, thus providing a double-hit of achieving overall objectives (to infrastructure and frontline), and the most effective use of funding. This will ensure the legacy of ChangeUp stays with the Third Sector past 2014 when the private sector moves on to other pots of money they can hoover up.

[Jane Berry]

Good point Kerry. This is just the approach taken by net:gain, funded by Capacity Builders. We are borrowing techniques from the private sector (eg franchising, sales) and investing in developing these at local level, to get the 'double-hit' you are talking about.
See more at:
www.net-gain.org.uk

[Jill Jones]

Deaf -led organisations have extreme difficulties in acquiring funding, because of a)access to high levels of English is not possible for congenitally deaf people, and b)information about infrastructures, etc is not easily available, particularly because of the barriers to English. The deaf-led organisation with which I work has just had yet another application turned down, and this impacts on the future of deaf children and the achievement of their potential and self-concept, as this is the arena in which we work.

Please do consider "positive discrimination" or favourable treatment in line with the Disability Discrimination Act 2005, when deciding on awards to deaf-led organisations (this does not apply to hearing run charities).

Thank you.