Tag Archives: Commissioning
Videos from Realising Social Value
Earlier this year, we held events in London and Birmingham in partnership with the National Children’s Bureau which looked at social value from the perspective of both voluntary organisations and commissioners of services in the health and care sector and how social value can be […]
Payment by Results hampering public service innovation, says report
A key government mechanism to boost innovation in public services could be preventing rather than promoting new ways of working, a report today warns. Payment by Results (PbR), where a contractor is paid for a successful outcome rather than for undertaking specified activity, has been […]
Fund makes ‘significant and positive impact’ says report
Since May 2012 94 social ventures with high potential for growth have received grants worth £8.9 million to purchase specialist support such as legal advice, financial management and public service commissioning, thanks to a business support fund managed by the Social Investment Business and funded […]
