Mental Health and Employment Partnership evaluation for the Life Chances Fund: First interim report
This is the first of three planned reports within a longitudinal evaluation of the Mental Health and Employment Partnership (MHEP).
This is the first of three planned reports within a longitudinal evaluation of the Mental Health and Employment Partnership (MHEP).
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
The INDIGO Impact Bond Dataset is the most comprehensive publicly available dataset on impact bond projects. This report provides headline insights and analysis based on the dataset, offering an accessible overview of the global landscape.
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.
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 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.
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
For this engaging with evidence webinar session, we explored the latest findings from the evaluation of the UK's Commissioning Better Outcomes (CBO) Fund.
This report focuses on practical issues related to the interplay of public contracting rules and social outcomes contracts in Europe
We coordinate a range of geographical and thematically focused peer learning groups which enable people to learn from each other.
Curious to know more about our Impact Bond Dataset? Here's a video explainer
On the second day of the Social Outcomes Conference 2022, we held an academic symposium on governance & institutional logics in outcomes-focused partnerships.
On the second day of the Social Outcomes Conference 2022, we held a rountable that looked at the progress of the projects commissioned under the UK's Life Chances Fund.
On the second day of the Social Outcomes Conference 2022, we held a rountable that looked at measuring what matters in outcomes-based partnerships
Explore our in-depth collection of case studies on impact bonds and other outcomes-based approaches around the world.
On the second day of the Social Outcomes Conference 2022, the GO Lab & their partners at Warwick University launched SyROCCo, a pioneering tool to support practitioners, policymakers and researchers to find the right evidence on outcomes-based contracts.
On the second day of the Social Outcomes Conference 2022, we held a session that took a deep dive on the complexities of public procurement for outcomes-based projects.
On the second day of the Social Outcomes Conference 2022, we held a session on the role of outcomes-based contracting (OBC) in promoting a ‘green agenda’.
On the second day of the Social Outcomes Conference 2022, we held a session that explored some of the ways in which outcomes-based contracts can bring together parties from different backgrounds in a long-term partnership.
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 discussion brought together a rich mix of policymaker and practitioner perspectives from around the world for an in-depth exploration of the engines of impact that can strengthen the long-term legacy of outcomes-focused partnerships.
On the second day of the Social Outcomes Conference 2022, we concluded the conference with a Public Talk delivered by Professor Stefan Dercon (Oxford) on achieving more alignment between stakeholders in the world of policy.
This guide has been developed to explain concretely what relational working between organisations is and how to do it, to support people to experiment more boldly with such approaches – and importantly, to help manage some of the risks inherent in them.