Welcome

Supporting support providers

Improving Support brings together practical resources and learning for third sector support providers.

This interim site will be relaunched in early 2009 with new content and facilities enabling support providers to join up and share the learning outputs of all Capacitybuilders’ funded programmes. Led by Capacitybuilders, Improving Support is a resource to be owned and shared by the sector. Read more...

NEWS

A must-see movie release for support organisations

The communications workstream has produced an informative and humorous film which addresses marketing as a third sector priority...

WORKSTREAMS

RESOURCES

Campaigning

Developing and promoting excellence in third sector campaigning and advocacy, led by NCVO.

Change

Helping organisations to face the future confidently with greater insight into trends shaping the sector and their implications, led by NCVO.

Collaboration

Facilitating and supporting collaborative working within the voluntary and community sector, and with other sectors, led by bassac.

Support providers

How Improving Support
can help you.

Communications

Using marketing and communications to support third sector organisations in making themselves seen and heard, led by Media Trust.

Equality

Supporting third sector organisations to champion and address equality, diversity and human rights, led by the Women’s Resource Centre on behalf of the National Equality Partnership.

Governance

Helping third sector organisations strengthen their leadership and governance, led by NCVO.

Need support?

A guide to finding support.
for frontline charities, social
enterprises and groups.

Income

Increasing sustainability and independence for third sector organisations through income generation, led by acevo.

Performance

Helping third sector organisations become more effective, efficient and sustainable through improving performance management, led by Charities Evaluation Services.

Volunteering

Modernising volunteering to overcome barriers, maximise opportunities and explore new forms of involvement, led by Volunteering England.

National Hubs

Some of the Hubs are
still operational
Find out more here.