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Ways to Wellness is one of fifteen social enterprises and investors, alongside Bridges Ventures, who have been shortlisted for the Social Investment Awards, hosted by the Cabinet Office and NatWest. Read more
NHS Clinical Commissioners have launched a publication, 'Transforming healthcare in England’s Core Cities', highlighting Ways to Wellness as an innovative service that benefits the local population. Read more
Impact bonds. It's a generic term used to describe a range of structured financial instruments designed to bring about positive change. It's a way to align the public sector with businesses and individual investors with capital who are serious about making a real and sustainable positive impact to society, while seeking a commercial return. Read more
Bridges commits £1.65m to first active social impact bond in the UK healthcare sector The ‘Ways to Wellness’ programme will launch next week, providing up-front funding for innovative ‘social prescribing’ interventions by four specialist providers in Newcastle It is aiming to improve the health outcomes of over 11,000 people Bridges’ Social Sector Funds have now backed 13 UK SIBs Read more
Seven new Social Impact Bond investment schemes aim to support social entrepreneurs and help to reform public services. The UK now has more Social Impact Bonds (SIBs) than the rest of the world put together. SIBs are a form of social investment where private investors provide the capital to address complex social problems. It is a payment by results system. Investors fund innovative interventions and the government only pays if these interventions succeed in, for example, helping young people get back into education. Read more
