What we do: Development Support

The Capability Company has the contacts and skills to develop new initiatives, organisations and partnerships. The Capability Company can also appraise and report on development options.

Recently The Capability Company has been instrumental in creating two national charities, Escaping Victimhood and Circles UK - one working to reduce offending and one working to support victims of serious crime.

Karen Morton was commissioned by Quaker Peace and Social Witness (QPSW) to consider how best to deliver support and encouragement to emerging Circles of Support and Accountability (community projects working to reduce offending). Karen recommended establishing Circles UK, and was subsequently very pleased to be invited to continue to work with QPSW and other stakeholders to build the new organisation. A successful bid for a Futurebuilders investment provided the initial financing, and two years on the Chief Executive is in post, there is a terrific team of trustees, and core funding has been secured from the Ministry of Justice.

Escaping Victimhood runs residential workshops for people at the sharp end of serious crime. It was already a great idea, successfully piloted. Karen's job has been to take it forward. As a result Escaping Victimhood is now a charitable company with a strong board of trustees, and Karen is organising a further workshop in January for a group of 12 people who have lost close family members to murder.

• Other development work has included:
• Providing interim management leading to a merger between two voluntary organisations
• Supporting a project of a national charity to become independent
• Business planning and fundraising

"The enthusiasm was inspiring."

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