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November 12th, Transition Institute’s Weekly Roundup.

On November 12, 2012 By

Good Morning, hope all of you had a nice weekend!  As every Monday, we update our blog with Transition Institute’s weekly round-up. Catch-up with last week’s key stories about Spin Outs, Social Value, and new models of public service delivery.

Before starting with the round-up, we would like to remind you that the Transition Institute [...]

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October 22th, Transition Institute’s Weekly Roundup.

On October 22, 2012 By

Good Morning, hope all of you had a nice weekend!  As every Monday, we update our blog with Transition Institute’s weekly round-up.  Catch up with last week’s key stories around Spin Outs, Social Value, and new models of public service.

Before starting with the round-up, we would like to remind you that the Transition Institute [...]

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“A Clinical Commissioner’s Guide to the Voluntary Sector”, ACEVO’s new publication.

On September 26, 2012 By

Thanks to  the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 commissioners will need to consider Social Value in procurement processes.  This opens a new scenario; where the question to answer would be “Which tender improves the well being our locality or region?” rather than “Which tender offers the bottom line price?”

While some councils and commissioners [...]

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The ripple effect of spin-outs: Improved services or just economies of scale?

On September 12, 2012 By

This article also appears in the Guardian Social Enterprise Network.

Recently a debate erupted on twitter, would outsourcing services where the focus is often on achieving economies of scale, be an obstacle to better services, or an opportunity? Whilst its true that economies of scale are often treated with suspicion when [...]

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September 10th, Transition Institute’s Weekly Roundup.

On September 10, 2012 By

Good Morning, hope this sunny weekend was good for all of you!  As every Monday, today we update our blog with Transition Institute’s weekly round-up.  Catch up with last week’s key stories around Spin Outs, Social Value, and new models of public service.

Monday, 3rd of September 2012  

A noteworthy piece on the [...]

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Increasing accountability without stifling innovation: Ombudsmen & Spin-Outs

On August 29, 2012 By

In ACEVO’s report “Communities in  Control: The new third sector agenda for public service reform”, Governance and Accountability is an issue included in the “Barriers to change” section.  As they comment, there is a general loss of faith in corporate governance, which also affects the spin-out and social enterprise sectors. [...]

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August 13th, Transition Institute’s Weekly Roundup.

On August 13, 2012 By

Good Morning. As usual the Transition Institute starts the Monday with our weekly round-up. Beyond a splendid fortnight of olympic news, we offer you the last week’s key stories around Spin Outs and new models of public service.

Hope all of you enjoy it!

Monday, 6th of August 2012  

Social Impact Bonds are a [...]

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August 6th, Transition Institute’s Weekly Roundup.

On August 6, 2012 By

Last week’s Monday, as the Transition Institute’s Team was wrapping up our last Spin Out Camp, we left you without our weekly selection of key stories related to spin-outs and new models of public service. If you missed it, you can read the press release of our Spin Out Camp or the Continue Reading →

Why capital funding overshadows the debate on NHS reform

On February 24, 2012 By

This article also appears in the Guardian Professional Healthcare Network.

In any economy, let alone one in recession, capital is king, so it is a primary consideration when contemplating reform of public services.

As both the chief executive of Social Enterprise London and chair of the Transition Institute, which supports public services, [...]

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Introducing: Transition Institute spin-out camps

On January 31, 2012 By

So 2012 is kicking off with a bang here at the Transition Institute as we announce our three regional spin-out camp events taking place across the UK in the North West, North East and the Midlands.

We’ve got together an exciting list of partners to support public sector entrepreneurs who want to come along to an [...]

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