This evaluation examines the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) Into Work Service for workless clients with substance issues across eight West London boroughs.
This report evaluates the performance of Future Impact which supports young people aged 15 to 24 with special educational needs in Nottinghamshire through education and training programmes to ultimately move into and sustain employment or voluntary work.
In January 2023, Nigel Ball and Loic Menzie convened a roundtable to explore how a better balance can be struck between efficiency and resilience. This report sets out a number of ideas emerged from the discussion.
For this engaging with evidence webinar session, we explored the latest findings from the first interim report of the Mental Health and Employment Partnership (MHEP) evaluation for the Life Chances Fund (LCF).
We coordinate a range of geographical and thematically focused peer learning groups which enable people to learn from each other.
The Wisbech Partnership was a voluntary place-based partnership of cross-sector organisations working to improve the social outcomes in the Cambridgeshire town. This case study examines the phenomena.
For this engaging with evidence webinar session, we explored preventative spending in children's social care..
This final in-depth review of the West London Zone Collective Impact Bond is produced as part of the CBO Fund Evaluation, commissioned by The National Lottery Community Fund, and undertaken by Ecorys UK and ATQ Consultants.
This is the first of three planned reports within a longitudinal evaluation of the Mental Health and Employment Partnership (MHEP).
New to outcomes-based contracting and social impact bonds? Discover the basics about these innovative approaches to the provision of public services.
The Western European cities of Lille in France and Bilbao in Spain are marked examples of economic resilience. This case study looks at cluster development, skills formation, funding and governance among the attributable factors for success.
The Anglo-Saxon case studies of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Windsor, Ontario, and Newcastle, New South Wales show how cities can use innovative instruments, such as tax increment financing, asset recycling and municipal bonusing, to galvanise collaboration
INDIGO Impact Bond Insights Report - Feb 2023, co-authored by Outes Velarde, J. Bregazzi, H., Nagarajan, S., Paul, O., Anastasiu, A. & Carter, E., has been published.
The German cities of Duisburg, Dortmund and Leipzig are examined in detail by German researchers Dr Suzanne Frick, based at the University of Oxford, and Dr Paula Prenzel based at the University of Greifswald.
We publish articles on a range of topics related to improving social outcomes. Give them a read and if you'd like to write about something relevant to our work, get in touch!
This article delves into the exploration of risk management in public contracts through a relational approach.
For this engaging with evidence webinar session, we explored the final results of the Quality Education India Development Impact Bond (DIB).
This communiqué summarises the conversation that took place at the University of Oxford’s Tackling Spatial Inequalities Roundtable featuring senior cross-sector representatives to reinvigorate the agenda to level up the social outcomes across the UK.
Want to know more about the state of play of impact bonds? Explore our global interactive map to find out data on impact bonds in their various stages of development and policy areas.
This event brought together stakeholders from the Commissioning Better Outcomes (CBO) Fund Programmes to mark the end of the programme and share the learnings and experiences from the implementation of CBO-supported projects