Using data from the Social Finance UK Database and focusing on SIBs in the US and UK, Olson et al. evaluate whether the SIB approach aligns with the theoretical predictions of social innovation.

Co-creation and strength-based working as characteristics of social innovation bonds.

The authors report and analyse innovative co-creative initiatives involving marginalized and stigmatized groups (prisoners, urban racialized minorities, rural poor populations including Roma).

This book review by Sue Baines provides an insight into the value that Oosterlynck, Novy and Kazepov's book brings to the field of social innovation.

This paper makes a novel contribution by turning an ‘asset’ lens onto social and technical innovation in the context of the small-scale generation of renewable energy.

As part of a large pan-European project on co-creating public services we supported the design of a programme in England that attempted to operationalise research on desistance, through a model of co-created, strengths-based working. We then evaluated its implementation and impact.

Venue: On-line
26th of November, 09.00 to 10.30 GMT

Cultural biases and information for co-production

Venue: On-line
8th of November, 17.30 - 19.00 GMT

This paper draws together key findings from CoSIE with a particular focus on what these imply for new policy and practice in public services in the form of a discussion paper aimed at European, national and regional policy-makers.

A blog for the H2020 project CoSIE, reflecting on ways to navigate tensions between differing views on good information and reliable evidence.

Emerging debates and questions around cycling

How Social Impact Bonds can facilitate a move to strengths-based service delivery and help drive innovation in public service delivery

Homelessness and welfare reform in England

Response to Department for Work and Pensions call for evidence and good practice on in-work progression.

Publication Date: Monday 02 November 2020

Emerging lessons and new questions from CoSIE

Venue: On-line
Wed 7 October 2020

This edited collection brings regional and local realities to the forefront of social investment debates by showcasing successes, challenges and setbacks of Social Investment policies and services from ten European countries.

This chapter argues that local authorities can and should use their purchasing power strategically to address the social determinants of health that affect their local area.

Venue: Geoffrey Manton Building, Manchester Metropolitan University | Mon 15 June 2020

Venue: Zoom organised by the UK Evaluation Society | 9 July 2020

A report, co-authored by researchers from the Fraser of Allander Institute, Manchester Metropolitan University and IPPR Scotland, looks at the costs and benefits of implementing a basic income in Scotland and the channels through which it may impact upon the economy.

Venue: Geoffrey Manton Building, Manchester Metropolitan University
Tue 10 March 2020

Governments in some of the world’s richest nations appear to be caught in a double challenge of declining social budgets even as social needs are increasing.

Venue: Geoffrey Manton Building, Manchester Metropolitan University
Tue 11 February 2020

This report explores the concept of innovation and its application to the delivery of probation services.

PERU's Chris Fox and Ashwin Kumar too part in the General Assembly of the UN affiliated European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research.

PERU's Chris Fox was at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles last week for the launch of our partnership with the Price Center for Social Innovation.

Venue: University of Southern California
Tue 1 October 2019

Venue: Geoffrey Manton Building, Manchester Metropolitan University
Mon 9 September 2019

Venue: LT1 Geoffrey Manton, Manchester Metropolitan University
Mon 25 March 2019

Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. The turn towards a Social Investment approach to welfare implies deploying resources to enhance human capital and mobilise the productive potential of citizens, starting in early childhood.

We review the state of evaluation within outcome-based commissioning in the United Kingdom.

A look at how social impact bonds differ between projects and geographies, and how those differences impact practical implementation.

Venue: Manchester Metropolitan University
Wed 9 January 2019

Homelessness has a devastating effect on those who experience it and is costly to the public purse.

Venue: Manchester Metropolitan University
Tue 6 November 2018

There is a lack of empirical research around sub‐national Social Investment programs, and a lack of connectivity with social innovation.

Venue: Manchester Metropolitan University
Thu 13 September 2018

This briefing analyses Brexit’s potential impact on families in poverty, along with other forces that could help or hinder efforts to solve UK poverty.

Venue: Geoffrey Manton Building, Manchester Metropolitan University
Tue 12 June 2018

This Rapid Evidence Assessment sought to arrive at an updated synthesis of the co-creation and co-production evidence base in the United Kingdom.

Outcome-based payment systems in the UK and US

Venue: Manchester, UK
Thu 15 March 2018

Various approaches to personalisation are well-established in the UK social care sector and are now starting to ‘travel’ to other sectors.

Venue: Manchester Metropolitan University
Tue 21 November 2017

Venue: Louvain (Brussels)
Fri 13 October 2017

Venue: Manchester Metropolitan University
Tue 11 July 2017

Venue: Manchester Metropolitan University
Thu 22 June 2017 — Fri 23 June 2017

In this report, published by the Intergenerational Foundation, Kevin argues that the benefits of a young person getting a higher education qualification in England accrue in the ratio 58% to the nation and 42% to the graduate.

When the Coalition government’s ‘rehabilitation revolution’ was first articulated, innovation was an important theme, encompassing innovation by frontline staff, by organisations working within a mixed economy and even social entrepreneurs.

Venue: Geoffrey Manton Building, Manchester Metropolitan University | Thu 16 June 2016

Venue: Geoffrey Manton Building, Manchester Metropolitan University | Thu 19 May 2016

Slides from Clinks 'Just and Affordable Rehabilitation' Conference, London, 1st December 2015

Venue: Manchester Metropolitan University | Wed 4 November 2015

Venue: Geoffrey Manton Building, Manchester Metropolitan University Location: Manchester, Uk | Wed 21 October 2015

Venue: Geoffrey Manton Building, Manchester Metropolitan University | Thu 24 September 2015

Venue: Manchester Metropolitan University. Location: Geoffrey Manton Building, Rosamund Street West, Manchester M15 6LL. | Mon 20 July 2015

Venue: Online: | Mon 1 June 2015

Venue: Manchester Metropolitan University Business School | Tue 21 April 2015

Venue: Webinar. Location Manchester Metropolitan University | Mon 30 March 2015
Contact: Chris Fox Email: c.fox@mmu.ac.uk

The UK government has called for a rehabilitation revolution in England and Wales and put its faith in market testing.

Venue: Manchester Evening Seminar | Thu 5 February 2015

This report, produced in a collaboration between the CIPD and John Lewis Partnership, aims to uncover the experiences of employees on the lowest rates of pay and understand the contributing factors for an individual becoming ‘stuck’ on low pay.

This paper explores the implications for public policy from the new Office of National Statistics (ONS) data source on wealth distribution in Britain, and what we know about future trends in savings, longevity, property prices and inheritance.

In the UK, national and local governments are struggling to cope with the economic crisis which ensued in 2008.

Social innovation discourses see in social challenges opportunities to make societies more sustainable and cohesive through inclusive practices, coproduction and pro-active grassroots initiatives.

In Crime and Punishment in America, Currie notes that, short of major wars, mass imprisonment has been the most thoroughly implemented USA government social programme of recent times.

Rising prison numbers and high rates of re-offending illustrate the need for criminal justice reform.

Purpose – This paper seeks to report on a project to estimate the costs and benefits of implementing an Alcohol Treatment Requirement (ATR) in Stockport.