Building has launched a new campaign called Funding the Future to examine fresh ways of attracting and using finance to boost construction projects at a time of constrained public finances.

The initiative will examine options for public private partnerships which can draw in private capital to pay for large infrastructure projects, schools, prisons, hospitals and housing.

It will also look at existing models for private and public funding and examine how these can be optimised to ensure funding leads to more shovels in the ground.

Over the next few months we will share learning and collect ideas from readers. This will culminate in a special report to be published at our Building the Future Live Conference in London on 2 October.

Tell us your ideas for attracting private funding into public projects by emailing carl.brown@assemblemediagroup.co.uk. To find the campaign on social media follow #Buildingfundfuture.