destination2014

Consultation on National Support services / National Hubs

30.03.07 - This consultation is now closed.

Giving your feedback on these documents:
- Please leave any comments related to questions 1 & 2 as a blog post.
- For questions 3 & 4 the word document with answers grids should be completed and returned by email to info@capacitybuilders.org.uk or posted to Capacitybuilders, Consultation, 77 Paradise Circus, Birmingham. B1 2DT.

Questions:

1. What should National Support Services deliver to benefit the front-line organisations you support?

2. What should National Support Services deliver for consortia and other capacity-building partners?

The following questions have a grid answer form which you need to download as a Word document to complete:

3. What about the 6 hub themes? Which need further investment and which should stop being a priority?

4. What about other themes or issues that front-line organisations are said to need support on? Which need investment and which are not really priorities?

Learning & Innovation Consultation

Consultation on Capacitybuilders’ work to engage local authorities and other public agencies:

Background Information.

Capacitybuilders is initiating strategic discussions with IDeA and LGA, along with key Third Sector partners and Government Departments such as DEFRA, DCLG, OTS. The purpose of this would be to shape a cross-sector strategy around capacity-building the local Third Sector in the light of the new environment created by the Local Government White Paper.

Press Release: 12th Jan 2007

Transforming the Third Sector through ChangeUp

A programme of action designed to transform the effectiveness of the voluntary and community sector over the next ten years has been launched by Capacitybuilders, the agency charged with administering the ChangeUp programme.   The vision for ChangeUp is to see a ‘transformed voluntary and community sector by 2014’. 

Recognising the need to develop its role in providing strategic leadership and management of the ChangeUp programme, Capacitybuilders has drafted a strategic framework - Destination 2014 – to identify the priorities it should adopt to meet this vision and its achieve its strategic objectives by 2014.

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.

Regional Consultation Events

This consultation will run until the end March 2007 and the following regional consultation events have been organised for ChangeUp Consortia, infrastructure organisations and other organisations with an interest in capacity building so that they can feed in their views. 

Welcome to Destination 2014

30.03.07 - The Consultation for this document is now closed.

The overall vision for the ChangeUp programme is to see a transformed voluntary and community sector.

Capacitybuilders wants to hear the views of the third sector, particularly on the priorities it should adopt to meet its vision and strategic objectives for 2014.