From the edges to the engine-room.

Local insights, local people and sheer grit are the system’s super-power, it's time to optimise it!

THE CHALLENGE

You’ve been carrying social value delivery on good will. Short term grants, no seat at the design table, and endless reporting systems to multiple funders.

Trying to connect with dozens of businesses to access support, tailoring your offer to meet each one’s expectations but seeing little return and feeling exhausted by the process.

Trying to support communities in crisis, but unable to build lasting, systemic change within the limits of current approaches with little opportunity to join up with other community organisations on the local patch.

Dependent on unpredictable and decreasing grant cycles, with little opportunity to create sustainable income or develop as an enterprise.

Overlooked, not because you lack solutions, but because you’ve not been given the oxygen to show what’s possible.

Not feeling you are a part of or that you sufficiently influence strategic conversations despite doing the hard work on the ground.

RIGHT NOW, IT CAN FEEL LIKE EVERYONE'S TALKING ABOUT COMMUNITY, BUT FEW ARE ACTUALLY LISTENING TO IT.

WHAT GOOD LOOKS LIKE

When community organisations are empowered, the difference is visible and felt deeply by the community.

Collaboration becomes real, with the community sector shaping the agenda and being an equal strategic partner in designing solutions. Legitimate roles are developed in procurement systems that influence delivery and award.

Funding becomes more accessible and longer term, with a bigger pie and clearer routes to tap into it. Capacity is built to diversify income streams and build social enterprise.

Partnerships are long-term, grounded in mutual outcomes and real trust, rather than short term or one-off gestures.

Communities lead their own development, building solutions around what’s strong, not what’s wrong. They feel heard and see the difference a joined up approach provides in their spaces and their sense of possibility.

Optimism returns, as people see local investment take shape from projects they helped imagine.

THIS ISN'T ABOUT CHARITY. IT'S ABOUT DIGNITY, AND DESIGNING SYSTEMS WITH, NOT DONE TO THE COMMUNITY.

HOW BELIEVE LEADS THE WAY

01

We create the scrum.

We co-design programmes with communities and bring public and private sector partners in to support their vision.

02

Ask, don’t task.

We follow the community’s lead. You know your people best and we build with you, not doing to you.

03

Simplifying the system.

We simplify funding, procurement, and partnership processes so you can focus on delivery, not bureaucracy.

04

Amplifying your voice.

We represent the community voice at strategic tables in its strongest, clearest, and most credible form.

05

Building equitable frameworks.

We advocate for procurement models and partnership agreements that are proportionate, inclusive, and respectful.

06

Tracking what really matters.

We support you with tools to capture real-world impact stories, relationships, and transformation.

With Believe, the community sector stops being seen as the last mile and starts being

respected as the first.