New report: What cost to address child poverty?

Research from the ANU commissioned by SVA and the Brotherhood of St. Laurence explores how the Coronavirus Supplement drove down poverty rates for children of single parents on JobSeeker.

Our model outlines how social security spending could prevent childhood poverty rates from surging to 41%.

We work to influence systems

We understand that disadvantage is often perpetuated by a failing system, and so we seek to influence change at a systems level.

We learn what works in communities

We work with partners to understand what drives social outcomes at both a local and systems level.

We help organisations be more effective

We help our clients and partners to develop clear strategies, find ways to collaborate for greater social impact, and to measure and evaluate the change they are creating.

We invest in social outcomes

By growing the impact investing market in Australia we enable innovative enterprises and organisations to scale their social impact.

We share our perspectives

We are committed to evidence informed practice and two-way knowledge sharing, so that we can learn from the community, and the community can learn from us.

We advocate for change

We build relationships with government, and across the sector, to help drive improved social outcomes and influence systemic change.