Contracting fears at Futurebuilders

By Andy Ricketts, Third Sector, 4 July 2007

The Futurebuilders investment model could fail unless there is a dramatic change in the way in which charities deal with the public sector on contracts, a report from the organisation warns today.

The report, Is Futurebuilders Working?, calls for an urgent change among public sector commissioners and charity providers in their approach to contracting. "The unequal commissioning environment ... is a major threat to the success of the Futurebuilders model," the report says. The commissioning problems mean organisations securing Futurebuilders loans cannot...