Community Capacity Consultancy Limited

Community Capacity Consultancy is operated by Directors Tony Berry and Stephen Reid who are also Trustee/Project Managers for Community Capacity Builders CIO, which delivers projects and sessional work for children and adults in mental, physical or financial ill health, disadvantage or vulnerability.

Community Capacity Consultancy offers a range of consultancy services to enable you to deliver a range of health, well-being, sport and education projects and services to vulnerable children and adults throughout the Liverpool City Region.

We have over 40 years combined experience of working with schools, charities/not-for-profit organisations, ranging from children and young people, mental health and post-cancer patient care.

Through our organisation, we are committed to improving the places and spaces that matter to your communities by helping children and adults and organisations improve their health, well-being and quality of life.

Our philosophy

CCC are very selective about the clients we work with and we are keen to develop a strong relationship with the people and projects that we work with. Our passion lies within developing meaningful and worthwhile community projects that can make a real impact on the people living in these communities and it’s very important to us that we share these similar values with our clients.

How We Can Help You and Your Organisation?

Source Funding, Complete & Submit Applications
Project Management, Budgeting, Delivery & Development
Feasibility Studies (inc. community, partner agencies, service-users, students and Universities)
Business/Organisation Analysis, Plans and Planning
Co-ordinate Outreach Projects
Develop key strategic partnerships (e.g. Wirral Borough Council, Chamber of Commerce, NHS, local hospitals, GP’s, schools, youth clubs, youth and leisure services, police & fire service).
Inclusive Sports Coaching & Delivery
Financial Life Skills Training
SEND/Neurodiversity training
Employability Life Skills Training

Our track record

Our team has experience since 2003 of helping secure substantial funding to help lots of different organisations, such as schools, sports clubs, mental health and cancer charities. This funding has helped organisations deliver a range of 1-1, online, outdoor and in house projects designed to help a range of disadvantaged and vulnerable people.

Since 2019, our charitable arm, Community Capacity Builders CIO has helped over 2,700 children, young people and adults with our ‘4 Pillars’ approach which offers programmes addressing a range of mental, physical, financial and employability health issues, thus helping improve their life chances.

Key milestones

Nearly £2 million worth of grant funding secured on behalf of various organisations since 2003.

This includes since 2019, our bid writing skills securing close to half a million pounds of funding for our associated charity Community Capacity Builders CIO.

Developed new and existing personal
development / sports/ coaching programmes e.g. Football FUNdamentals.

Developed strategic partnerships with a range of external agencies including CYPMHS (formerly CAMHS), Branch, Wirral Council and NHS Cheshire Wirral Partnership.

Autumn 2024 carried out a public consultation in partnership with HYPE Merseyside on behalf of Wirral Council (Active Wirral) to measure public interest in proposed PlayZones and levels of current activity and sports participation.

November 2024 CCC Limited was formally set up to formalise Tony and Steve’s consultancy expertise offer.

Current/previous clients

Running Head First CIC

Poulton Victoria FC

Venture Boxing

Two Brothers Gym CIO

Mersey Counselling & Therapy Centre (MCTC)

Me Again CIC (Cancer)

UTS Foundation

My Sensory Shack

Riverside Primary School

Wirral Health Project CIC

Team Kilbride

Moreton Hills Golf Centre

Active Wirral

Rampworx Youth Village

Co-op Academy Woodslee

Moreton Hills Golf Centre

Friends of Clare Mount Charity

Claremount Specialist Sports College

ThaiFist Fitness CIC

Equilibrium Northwest CIC

Energise Cycles CIC

The Tuebrook Community Centre Group Charity

North Mersey ABC Community Boxing Club

Our testimonials

Tony has successfully applied for grants of around £115,000 since April 2017. This has been crucial for us in obtaining much needed boxing equipment, sessions and sessional coaching which benefited some of the most disadvantaged young people in Birkenhead. He is great to work with, very friendly, organised and willing to help us get the funding we needed. We are working closely with Venture to deliver funded coaching, health and well-being and development sessions at this great local 'institution' of boxing led by Sean Trodden and his awesome team of coaches. This project will target vulnerable children and adults by offering people suffering with serious physical and mental health issues who can use the facilities and expert tuition to help rebuild their lives in a positive and meaningful way”

Sean Trodden Head Coach @ VENTURE BOXING CLUB

Tony and Stephen are professionals of impeccable character, formidable drive and compassion. Their work, over the last 7 years, for the students at Clare Mount - ALL of whom have special educational needs and disabilities - has been outstanding. They have made a significant, positive impact on the lives of many, many of our students and their families - through sport, therapeutic services and personal development tuition. One of the key indicators of the strength of an organisation is its ability to make an impact on those people in society whom some regard as 'hardest to reach'; I can say, without reservation that Tony, Stephen and CCB/CCC consistently perceive what many others see as immovable barriers, as surmountable challenges, thus showing themselves to be resilient partners for our school as we strive to offer the best possible life-chances for young people with special educational needs and disabilities.

Kevin Byrne Deputy Headteacher & Director of Personal Development and Wellbeing @ Claremount Specialist Sports College

Steve has worked closely with myself since summer 2021 as I’d grown frustrated at securing very little funding despite forming as Charitable Incorporated Organisation at the end of 2019. CCC has used its experience of sports related funding and knowledge of specific disadvantaged & vulnerable sections of the local community to help identify multiple additional projects which the gym delivers to a diverse audience. These then provide children and young people much needed focus and opportunity for healthy recreation which improves their physical and mental health. CCC has helped Two Brothers secure more than £150,000 worth of funding to date. Steve uses his knowledge and experience to help identify suitable project ideas that will help a vulnerable audience and is able to get across using statistics and reports just how disadvantaged our surrounding areas within Birkenhead are to enable funders to visualize the context and needs of this area. He is then able to help word the bid in a way that is detailed yet straight to the point in identifying aims and outcomes. Steve is very reliable, efficient and always willing to help me as a client. I have already recommended him to several other charitable organisations such as Wirral Health Project CIC and Me Again CIC.

Karl Ryan Head Coach and Trustee @ TWO BROTHERS GYM CIO

CCC began working with us in January 2025. Within 4 weeks they had secured £14,400 from Sport England Movement Fund to offer a timetable of after school, evening, weekend and Half Term activities to improve the health, well-being and quality of life for SEND children and parents across the Borough. Tony Berry, Director at CCC, is also a Governor for the school so this alliance works well when addressing the needs of our children and the surrounding community.

Lindsey Egan School Business Manager & Chair of Trustees @ Friends of Clare Mount Charity

Costs

We have a number of packages we can provide for you which we would be happy to discuss with you to assess how best we can serve you and your organisation. For more information about how we can help your organisation please contact Tony, or Steve at our email. We look forward to hearing from you soon.