Crucial lessons about how governments can work with other sectors on social outcomes

The Government Outcomes Lab (GO Lab) has published its final evaluations of a pioneering UK government social outcomes fund aimed at helping the most vulnerable in society. When launched in 2016, the UK government’s nine-year £70m Life Chances Fund was the biggest of its kind in the world. It aimed to help those facing the most significant barriers to leading happy and productive lives, financing 29 projects across England in areas like youth unemployment, mental health and homelessness, with over 50,000 beneficiaries.