Cabinet Office Third Sector

Funding, finance and support

The Office of the Third Sector is committed to promoting the development of the sector. We are responsible for driving forward the Government's support of the development of a confident and independent sector.

In this section:

• Third sector funding and finance guidance
  Suggestions on where to start when looking for funding and finance opportunities.
• Capacitybuilders 
  The agency that aims to create a more effective sector by improving the support services available to third sector organisations
• Futurebuilders 
  The third sector public service delivery fund, Futurebuilders.
• Social investment and third sector access to finance 
  An introduction to social investment and details of advice and training to help the third sector access finance.
• Adventure Capital Fund 
  A new form of long-term investment into community enterprises.
• Social investment pilots
  Pilot programmes investigating how to encourage private investment in social enterprise.
• Risk capital fund for social enterprise 
  Improving social enterprises' access to risk capital.
• Unclaimed assets 
  A scheme to allow money in dormant bank and building society accounts to be reinvested in society.