Social return on investment

Well at Work Project: cost-benefit analysis

Publisher: 
Policy & research organisations
Topics: 
Social return on investment
Year of Publication: 
2020
Type: 
Report
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Social Impact Bonds IPS evaluation

Publisher: 
Policy & research organisations
Topics: 
Individual Placement & Support (IPS), Social return on investment
Year of Publication: 
2020
Type: 
Research

The Mental Health and Employment Partnership (MHEP) Social Impact Bond (SIB) was  designed to create partnerships between agencies to drive innovation and collaboration. It sought to increase investment in Individual Placement Support (IPS) with the aim of better supporting unemployed people with severe and enduring mental health conditions back into employment.

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Social value in procurement

24/05/17

The New Local Government Network (NLGN) has published a document about use of the social value within procurement. The report is based on a workshop held in Birmingham in December 2016, with attendees from local authorities and the private sector. It looks at the background to including social value in procurement processes, as well as how its aims can best be achieved in practice.

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Procuring for good: local government & the social value act

Topics: 
Disability Employment Gap, Commissioning, Procurement, Local Government, Social return on investment
Year of Publication: 
2016
Type: 
Report

Procuring for Good - a new report published by Social Enterprise UK paints the most comprehensive picture yet about how councils in England are using the Public Services (Social Value) Act. Findings from Freedom of Information requests [1] sent to all local authorities in England show that more councils than ever are considering social value when commissioning services: 1 in 3 (33%) now routinely consider social value in their procurement and commissioning, and 1 in 4 (24%) have a social value policy.

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