Public-Benefit Development

Challenge and audience

A public purpose needs a defined problem, audience and assessable outcome. Programme design begins by asking what barrier exists, who is most affected and what intervention falls within the Foundation’s capacity.

Expanding credible, non-profit public services free from private commercial interest.

The Foundation’s independent role

Possible foundation role: designing community service models and securing official public-benefit accreditations.

We can design public-benefit programmes within our authority and resources and, where a specific project is authorised and resourced, undertake a defined part of direct delivery.

An illustrative route

For fair access to a local programme, barriers such as language, timing and cost would first be identified. The Foundation could design eligibility criteria, information and evaluation; the service provider remains responsible for specialist delivery. The output is a plan with a defined audience and criteria, not a claim to a particular legal status.

Public-benefit proposals, legal qualification work and non-distribution controls.

Delivery and starting conditions

Direct Delivery, Joint Delivery

We distinguish any public-benefit status or recognition of the organisation from accreditation of a provider and authorisation required for a particular activity. We check the competent authority and the requirement that actually applies before offering that activity; no universal accreditation requirement or current status is implied.

Where the Bridge may help

Defining clear evaluation metrics for public-benefit multi-agency initiatives.