Social Spider CIC

Social Impact Bonds (SIBs) are a policy phenomenon. They are a small part of the market for payment-by-results (PbR) contracts which, in itself, is a small part of the wider market for outsourced public services but their *potential* to transform public services by enabling ...Read More

Live blogging by David Floyd, Social Spider CIC 10. 11: Event kicking off with info on fire alarms, toilets and lunch arrangements. 10.14: Mark Brown giving a brief introduction to the day – talking about Social Spider CIC’s experience running the national mental health magazine, ...Read More

Social Spider’s mental health blogging project, A day in the life, has been featured on BBC News. The project, which is supported by Public Health England, asks people who experience mental health difficulties to blog about their life experiences on four days over the ...Read More

The UK social investment market is being developed to improve access to finance for charities and social enterprises. Social Spider CIC is working in partnership with social enterprise umbrella body, Social Enterprise UK to produce a guide to the market. The guide has been ...Read More

One in Four is a national magazine by and for people with mental health difficulties. Social Spider director, Mark Brown, had the idea for the magazine based on his own experiences of mental health difficulty. Following a successful pilot issue in 2007, One in ...Read More

Social Spider CIC contributed research on social investment to ‘The voluntary and community sector in criminal justice: a capacity building action plan’, a 2013 report produced by 3SC for the Ministry of Justice on the possible role for voluntary sector organisations in delivering services ...Read More

This think piece, funded by the NHS Confederation and published by Mental Health Providers Forum, explores the opportunities and challenges for people with mental health difficulties at a time of increasing need and decreasing public sector resources. ...Read More