20th December 2021
Bridges Annual Report 2020-2021
Our latest annual report looks at all the highlights from what was a remarkable year for the Bridges funds, with a strong recovery in value from the mid-pandemic lows and a number of exciting new investments across the platform. Click here to have a read. We’d love to know what you think!
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13th May 2020
Responding to Covid-19: Contributing to the community
As an impact-driven investor, we at Bridges have always believed that by driving better outcomes for all stakeholders, we can create more resilient assets that are better placed to create shared value over the long term. This conviction has shaped all of the intensive work we have done with our partners since the onset of […]
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30th November 2020
Bridges Annual Report 2019-2020
Our latest annual report looks at all the highlights from what was a momentous year for Bridges: our funds raised since inception passed the £1bn mark, following fund closes on three of our investment strategies. Click here to have a read. We’d love to know what you think!
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13th May 2020
Responding to Covid-19: Engaging customers
As an impact-driven investor, we at Bridges have always believed that by driving better outcomes for all stakeholders, we can create more resilient assets that are better placed to create shared value over the long term. This conviction has shaped all of the intensive work we have done with our partners since the onset of […]
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13th May 2020
Responding to Covid-19: Supporting staff
As an impact-driven investor, we at Bridges have always believed that by driving better outcomes for all stakeholders, we can create more resilient assets that are better placed to create shared value over the long term. This conviction has shaped all of the intensive work we have done with our partners since the onset of […]
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24th January 2019
Norfolk offers therapy to about 400 families in need thanks to pioneering social outcomes contract
A new service offering therapy to families in need is to be launched by Norfolk County Council next week. Known as Stronger Families, the service will support about 400 children aged 8 to 15 to live safely at home with their families. The project is one of the first of its kind in the country. Cllr […]
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18th July 2019
Bridges closes second Social Outcomes Fund at extended hard cap of £35m
Bridges Fund Management has held a final close on Social Outcomes Fund II, its second fund dedicated to social outcomes contracts, with commitments of £35m. Social outcomes contracts are increasingly used by Government to commission vital social services from mission-driven providers. Instead of the traditional ‘fee for service’ approach, these contracts are structured so that […]
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3rd October 2018
Forbes: The future of social impact bonds
As governments look for more effective ways of tackling social challenges, outcomes contracts offer a way to target spending on the most effective solutions to pressing challenges – often by focusing on prevention rather than treating the symptoms – with the help of private capital and expertise. In this blog, Michele examines how outcomes contracts […]
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13th June 2018
Devon launches pioneering outcomes-based programme to prevent diabetes
Healthier Devon is a two-year programme of sustained support for those most at risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, to be delivered by Devon-based charity Westbank The programme has been commissioned by Devon County Council, with support from Bridges and Big Lottery Fund It is the first diabetes prevention programme in the UK to be […]
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31st July 2018
Bridges Impact Foundation backs Village Enterprise to deliver first Development Impact Bond for poverty alleviation in Sub-Saharan Africa
The Village Enterprise Development Impact Bond (DIB) — the first impact bond designed to reduce extreme poverty in rural sub-Saharan Africa — has closed its initial round of funding. Village Enterprise has raised US $3.5m of working capital from private investors and philanthropic sources to provide first-time entrepreneurs who live in extreme poverty with seed […]
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20th December 2017
Bridges’ Annual Impact Report 2017
2017 has been another busy year for Bridges: we closed our largest ever fund, launched pioneering new strategies in both the UK and the US, made a number of exciting new investments across the platform, and even changed our name: to Bridges Fund Management (to better reflect the breadth of our platform). Within the portfolio, […]
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21st November 2017
The Guardian: Hundreds of rough sleepers in Manchester to be offered homes
The Greater Manchester Homes Partnership – supported by the Bridges Social Impact Bond Fund and championed by mayor Andy Burnham – is a pioneering public-private sector collaboration to tackle rough sleeping across Greater Manchester. The £1.8m outcomes contract represents the largest Government commitment to any homelessness programme outside London. Read the Guardian’s take on it […]
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