More effective social services at a glance

This is a summary diagram the 2015 Productivity Commission report, More effective social services,…


Social Investment Unit: Briefing to the Incoming Ministers

This 2017 Briefing to the Incoming Minister sets out why social investment matters, and what a…


Place-based public service budgets: Making public money work better for communities

In the context of austerity, public services in England have been focused on short-term crises…


Social sector commissioning: Progress, principles and next steps

In 2018, the then-Government tasked social sector Chief Executives to look into the way their…


Let it go: Devolving power and resources to improve lives

New Zealand’s system of social supports does not meet the needs of some people, and significantly…


Early investment: A key to reversing intergenerational disadvantage and inequity in Aotearoa New Zealand

New Zealand has a persistent problem with child poverty and its intergenerational consequences.…


More effective social services

This 2015 report took an extensive look into social service provision in New Zealand, asking why –…


Demonstrating the complexities of being poor; an empathy tool

This 2014 research report came out of the Families 100 project, which involved extensive research…