Publications

This seminal report looks back at fifteen years of Social Outcomes Partnerships (SOPs), and Social Impact Bonds in the UK. It includes in Chapter 2 reflections from a wide range of practitioners who have worked in this field.  Neil Stanworth, ATQ Director, contributed a piece to this chapter reflecting on more than a decade of involvement in the sector and giving his views on the contribution that SOPs can make to improving efficiency in government.

This report seeks to explore how local government commissioners decide on contracting approaches to achieve earlier and better outcomes in health and social services. It is complementary to the evaluation of the Commissioning Better Outcomes Fund and was jointly authored by Ecorys UK and ATQ

This report updates previous analysis for Better Society Capital (then Big Society Capital) published in June 2022 and available here.  The work was led by Neil Stanworth and he has written a blog on the updated report here.

Authored by Neil Stanworth, ATQ Director

In the current context of reporting on knife crime, funding of Violence Reduction Units (VRUs) and other contextual safeguarding initiatives, we have revisited the findings from our four years’ experience providing implementation support for the Home Office’s Trusted Relationships programme between 2018 and 2022.  This was a pilot programme that funded 11 different projects across the country to see what works when supporting vulnerable young people.

For those working in this field, there will be nothing very new or surprising in our observations but for those not familiar, there is a lot of nuance in how best to tailor support around and with young people – especially when the same young person can be seen as both a victim and a protagonist.

One of the keys – and a familiar argument made by many involved with social inclusion issues – is consistency of funding makes a huge difference.  It does not need to be a lot but it does need to be there to catalyse permanent social networks and infrastructures.

Authored by Neil Stanworth, ATQ Director

ATQ was part of a consortium with EY and Ecorys which produced this feasibility study. We led on financial modelling and provided ad hoc advice on a range of issues to the study team.

Authored by ATQ Director, Neil Stanworth

Final report from the evaluation of three SIBs targeted at Care Leavers.  ATQ partnered Ecorys on this evaluation, focusing on the impact of the SIB mechanism on the three projects and co-authoring the report.

A report assessing the value created by all Social Outcomes Contracts in the UK to date, produced alongside Big Society Capital’s ‘Outcomes For All’ Report

The 3rd Update Report on this evaluation, drawing together findings from a range of other outputs between 2017 and 2020

The 2nd in-depth report on this project which aims to get people living with HIV in South London into treatment. Produced under the CBO evaluation, it focuses on the impact of the COVID pandemic and how the project responded to it

A thematic report into the design of Growth Fund’s grant subsidy model and lessons learnt in how the Growth Fund is blending grants and loans to provide affordable finance to the voluntary sector

The 2nd evaluation report into the Growth Fund details the progress and impact of the Growth Fund up to the end of 2020

The 2nd report on this project which aims to help people in Newcastle improve their wellbeing by better managing long-term health conditions. Produced under the CBO evaluation, it focuses on project performance, benefits and challenges at the mid-point of delivery

The 1st report on this project produced under the CBO evaluation, looking at how it was conceived, designed and implemented

The 1st report on this project which aimed to support young people with special educational needs to travel independently to school on public transport. Produced under the CBO evaluation, it looks at how the project was conceived, designed and implemented

A major report (with Ecorys UK) for the DCMS into the challenges of commissioning SIBs, and how they might be better and more easily scaled and replicated

The 2nd Update Report on this evaluation, drawing together findings from a range of other outputs between 2014 and 2017

The 1st report on the Growth Fund focusing on the establishment of the fund, the relationships between the founding partners and the achievements made in the early stages

The 2nd report on this project which aimed to support people with mental health needs into sustained employment. Produced under the CBO evaluation, it focuses on project performance, benefits and challenges at the mid-point of delivery

The 1st report on this project which aimed to support people at risk of homelessness in Northamptonshire. Produced under the CBO evaluation, it looks at how the project was conceived, designed and implemented

The 1st Update Report on this evaluation, drawing together findings from a range of other outputs between 2014 and 2017

The 1st report on this project produced under the CBO evaluation, looking at how it was conceived, designed and implemented

The 1st report on this project produced under the CBO evaluation, looking at how it was conceived, designed and implemented

A baseline report produced for this evaluation, assessing the Social Impact Bond landscape in the UK in 2014 and including a full literature review

A technical guide to assessing the financial case for a SIB, produced jointly with the UK Cabinet Office

A report for the UK Cabinet Office on the outcome of four pilot projects with English Local Authorities, to test the feasibility of using Payment by Results or SIBs to improve outcomes for troubled families