Capacity Builders are an agency with responsibility to manage initially the £70 million ChangeUp programme for the financial years 2006/07 and 2007/08.  They will work with voluntary and community organisations (VCOs) in every region to help them become even more effective and efficient.

Vision

An independent, innovative, flexible, responsive and sustainable voluntary and community sector, which achieves its full potential in:

• service delivery

• policy analysis

• community development and campaigning.

Mission

Their mission is to secure a high-quality, sustainably funded infrastructure for front-line VCOs.  This should allow them to achieve their aims better and use their resources more effectively.

Principles

They will:

• respect VCOs' independence

• take full account of diversity

• take account of front-line VCOs experience

• recognise that a variety of approaches to capacity building may be successful and

• keep to the Nolan Report's public service principles.

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