This report has been written by Big Society Capital to share data and insights on the Social Outcomes Contracts (SOC) market in the UK over the last ten years.
This report provides an assessment of the total public value so far created by Social Outcomes Contracts in the UK
Skill Mill offers an intensive six-month work experience programme designed to help vulnerable young people break the cycle of re-offending. This report is an interim evaluation of the Skill Mill SIB.
Explore our in-depth collection of case studies on impact bonds and other outcomes-based approaches around the world.
Read the Government Outcomes Lab and CIPFA’s report on the advances in pharmaceutical and carbon pricing, which seeks to explore transferrable insights for financing social outcomes amidst heightened uncertainty and budgetary pressures.
This is the Interim Report for the evaluation of the Resolve Social Benefit Bond which provides an innovative mental health service which blends psycho-social and clinical services to support people living with severe and persistent mental health issues
Partnerships in Place: the business of levelling up, contains key findings and recommendations providing practical guidance to business, national and local government and existing place-based partnerships.
This report is the first output informed by a systematic review into outcomes-based contracting being undertaken by Ecorys and the Government Outcomes Lab, on the current evidence of impact bonds launched to support education service delivery in L&MICs.
We have a range of guidance to support you develop impact bonds, from setting and measuring outcomes, to awarding the contract and pricing outcomes.
This report is the second in-depth review of Reconnections, the first SIB in England aimed at reducing loneliness and social isolation.
For this Engaging with Evidence webinar session, we explored the conditions and competencies that enable successful delivery of outcomes-based partnerships.
Read the latest frameworks produced by Social Finance UK and the Government Outcomes Lab on the key conditions and competencies that enable successful delivery of outcomes-based partnerships.
Read the Government Outcomes Lab's latest guide on outcomes funds, which aims to document and describe outcomes funds around the world and identify lessons for future fund design.
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 Engaging with Evidence session explored insights from the Village Enterprise Development Impact Bond, a poverty alleviation project in Uganda and Kenya. Watch the recording here.
Read IDindight's report on the results of the evaluation of the Village Enterprise poverty graduation program, conducted in Kenya and Uganda between November 2017 and December 2020.
This report is the second in-depth review of the Zero HIV SIB. Its focus is entirely on the impact on the SIB of the COVID-19 pandemic during 2020 and early 2021.
In this briefing, GO Lab's Ian Taylor and Dr Susanne Frick discusses insights from international success stories of cities that bounced back from decline.
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!
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.
We are delighted to share our interim report from the primary evaluation of the Life Chances Fund (LCF).
For this Engaging with Evidence webinar session, where explored the use of outcomes-based funding within education interventions in low-income contexts. Watch the recording here.
In this Government Outcomes Lab paper, we explore how social impact bonds (SIBs) adapted service delivery and funding mechanisms in response to Covid-19.