BIG and small: capacity building, small organisations and the Big Lottery Fund - 5th August 2010

This study carried out by the Institute for Voluntary Action Research (IVAR), in collaboration with colleagues from the Third Sector Research Centre, the University of the West of England and Cordis Bright, provided evidence to the BIG Lottery Fund on how best to target its efforts to build capacity or to support capacity building in small groups that apply to it.

Click here to read the report.

For more information about the research please contact Ben Cairns at ben@ivar.org.uk

Further reading

IVAR has conducted other research into the issue of capacity building. If you would like to read more, click on the links below:

Mix, match or meddle? The challenges of supporting small voluntary organisations (2010)

Capacity building roundtable (2009)

Capacity building the capacity builders (2006) 

Building the capacity of the voluntary nonprofit sector (2005)