But the report, published last week, identified a range of issues makingit difficult for children and young people's organisations to getinvolved.
These barriers include local authorities bringing Sure Start in-house,uncertainty about children's trusts and the impact of extendedschools.
The report found voluntary and community organisations were often bestplaced to deliver services, but needed help to negotiate contracts andunderstand the full cost of their work. It also found purchasers did notunderstand much about agreements between the voluntary sector and localgovernment.
The report looked at the impact of Futurebuilders and found mostorganisations it had funded were positive about the process despiteinitially being wary about taking out loans. It found 70 per cent hadnot borrowed before and a quarter were from Black and ethnic minoritygroups.
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