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Delighted to see that Social Finance have launched their Social Impact Bond, in conjunction with the Ministry of Justice:
This first issue will fund social organisations working to reduce the re-offending rates of short sentence male prisoners leaving Peterborough Prison. The Ministry of Justice has agreed to make payments to investors in the event that re-offending is reduced below an agreed threshold. [...] During the Peterborough Prison pilot, experienced social sector organisations, such as St Giles Trust, will provide intensive support to 3,000 short-term prisoners over a six year period, …
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On 22 October is the annual conference of the Association of Charitable Funders. Members of the Coalition will be running a workshop called “Funder coalitions – a new way of working?”
The conference programme says:
The session will look at the development of the Corston Independent Funders Coalition (CIFC), a unique partnership between 19 independent grant-makers and philanthropists who have come together to support the implementation of the Corston Report: the Government review into vulnerable women in the Criminal Justice System.
Funders, such as grantmaking trusts, foundations and individual philanthropists, …
