White Paper Reveals New Communities Fund
Communities secretary Hazel Blears has announced a £70m funding programme
to strengthen community organisations and social enterprises.
The Communitybuilders fund will be a joint programme from the Communities and Local
Government department and the Office of the Third Sector. It
has been established
to provide support for community projects "throughout conception, development and
delivery".
About 400 organisations across England will benefit from the scheme, which will
offer a mixture of grants and loans.
The fund is targeted at community groups and social enterprises that are hubs for
wider community activities.
A delivery partner for the fund will be chosen through a competitive procurement
process, and funding is expected to begin in spring 2009. The Adventure Capital
Fund has already indicated that it will bid for the contract.
"The Communitybuilders scheme will support and develop the local organisations that
provide a vital focal point for community life, bringing people together and providing services and activities under one roof," said Blears.
The fund was announced in the white paper Communities in Control: Real People, Real
Power, which was published today.
The white paper includes details of a wider package of measures to support the third
sector, including a £7.5m empowerment fund to help third sector organisations give a voice to communities. |
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