Our Community Buildings Pack will give communities the chance to improve their quality of life by applying for funding for building projects that are economically, socially and environmentally sustainable. We will work with organisations to help set up and improve facilities that offer a wide range of services and activities to a broad range of local people. We want to support the fundraising process for buildings that will promote community interaction and self-help. We hope that these buildings will continue to serve communities in years to come while minimising their negative effects on the environment. Our Community Buildings Pack offers two services:

• Supporting for the capital element fundraising
• Support for the revenue and running costs once set up

Buildings will need to be accessible to as many people as possible and we advise that the local community will need to be strongly involved in using and managing the building. Our support through the Community Buildings Pack aims help you to:

• broadening access to, and more use of, existing services
• creating a greater number and wider range of new services
• improving opportunities for the community to access a wide range of learning
• improving the skills, knowledge and capacity to respond to community needs
• increasing participation by the community in decision-making processes that affect the community
• improving community relationships and networks
• improving financial viability of community premises
• premises that use less energy, pollute less, create less waste and have a reduced contribution to climate change.