ChangeUp is the Capacity Building and Infrastructure Framework for the Voluntary and Community sector, published by the Active Community Unit in June 2004.
Capacity building is about ensuring that organisations have the skills, knowledge, structures and resources to realise their full potential. The Government's 2002 Cross Cutting Review of the Role of the Voluntary and Community Sector in Service Delivery recognised that the sector and Government have a mutual interest in building the capacity of voluntary and community organisations. The report made a series of recommendations that aim to strengthen the support and assistance available to voluntary and community organisations.
ChangeUp's aim is that by 2014 the needs of frontline voluntary and community organisations will be met by support which is available nationwide, structured for maximum efficiency, offering excellent provision, accessible to all, truly reflecting and promoting diversity, and sustainably funded. ChangeUp describes the basic architecture of support which frontline organisations need.
Volunteering England's response
To help achieve the ChangeUp objectives Volunteering England has produced detailed plan for the development of a Volunteering Hub
