Social Ventures Australia

Delighted that our consultants Simon Faivel and Sam Thorp will be kicking off this series on 'Driving impact in the social sector' with a webinar to help you know if your organisation is achieving its purpose. Johnson Recruitment #socialimpact #webinar #nonprofitgrowth #SVA To register your interest, here: https://lnkd.in/e689reDC https://lnkd.in/gS-ExchS

We are delighted to announce James Toomey as our next CEO, commencing in January 2025. Read our statement here: https://lnkd.in/et-uYcFN James brings a background in social work and extensive experience in the NGO section in Australia and the UK. His recent roles include CEO of Mission Australia and Deputy Secretary within NSW Department of Communities and Justice. He has a long-standing connection with SVA from his time at Mission Australia and the Goodstart syndicate. “I’m delighted to have been asked to succeed Suzie as CEO of Social Ventures Australia. SVA is in a unique position in the social sector, and I am incredibly excited about the opportunity to work with the team and partners to drive better outcomes.” Please join us in welcoming James, we look forward to working with him in the new year.

This week marks the 22nd Anti-Poverty Week in Australia. More than three million Australians, including one in six children, are currently living in poverty. This is devastating. We know the impact poverty can have on children’s social, emotional and educational development. This is especially important in the early years when a child’s brain is developing faster than at any other time and their need for a safe place to live, nutritious food and loving caregivers is of most importance. At SVA, we are committed to tackling the root causes of poverty. Our Early Years team is working to transforming the early childhood landscape to ensure every child has the best start in life. https://lnkd.in/gaYegZbs Join us this Anti-Poverty Week in taking a stand and advocating for real change. Together, we can work towards a future where no child in Australia grows up in poverty. #AntiPovertyWeek #EndChildPoverty #SVA #ValuingChildren #AdvocacyForChange

Calling all 25-year-olds (and under)! We’d love to hear from you about job ads. Please complete our survey, it takes less than 3-minutes. https://lnkd.in/gFcK25KR Y Careers, Australian Youth Affairs Coalition, Children and Young People with Disability Australia, Youth Action NSW, Youth Affairs Council Victoria, Youth Projects, OCTEC Limited Australia, Multicultural Youth Advocacy Network, Workskil Australia, Mission Australia, ABCN

The Productivity Commission’s final report on Early Childhood Education and Care highlights that the current system isn’t working for children who face disadvantage. We need better, consistent data together with an investment in capabilities to use it if we're going to steward a system to increase equitable outcomes for children.   This article by Olivia Hilton from #RestackingtheOdds and SVA’s Jacqui McCann highlights some of the key problems with the current approach to data use across core early years services. It describes how Restacking the Odds in partnership with communities and service providers around Australia are addressing these problems.   Restacking the Odds has developed and implemented evidence-based lead indicators across quality, quantity and participation as well as a suite of resources to support service providers to have timely access to the right data. This will improve service delivery and outcomes for our children and families.   https://lnkd.in/g_q-rvCR #earlyyears #earlychildhood #dataaccess #earlychildhoodeducationandcare

Join us for our webinar ‘Approaches to integration in the early years: learnings for impact’ at 1pm on 22 October. We will explore diverse models of integration in early years services and insights from leading practitioners into the critical elements needed for their success and enabling integration at scale. Our panel of guest speakers from dandolopartners, SNAICC - National Voice for our Children, Goodstart Early Learning, The Hive at United Way Australia, and the Brave Foundation will share reflections on these questions and the impact of integration initiatives on the lives of children and families. Download the report: https://lnkd.in/gSdFsFcF #earlyyears #earlychildhooddevelopment #systemschange Emma Sydenham

Is the Federal Government's $100 million #OutcomesFund a good fit to fund your program? Here's a practical guide to help you self-assess if your program is suited. https://lnkd.in/gxDHmVWR #outcomescontracts #socialimpactbonds #socialimpactinvesting Patrick Bollen Elyse Sainty

SVA welcomes the Productivity Commission's report toward universal early chidhood education and care (#ECEC). "The Productivity Commission has laid out a path for expanding the provision of early learning so that all children can benefit," says SVA CEO Suzie Riddell Read our statement: https://lnkd.in/g9uYiqJe #ECEC #EarlyChildhood #Childcare #EarlyLearning #Policy Joel Palte

The Early Years Catalyst, a national coalition driving better outcomes for children experiencing disadvantage which we helped found, has released three final publications synthesising insights of its research and stakeholder engagement. #earlyyearscatalyst #earlychildhooddevelopment #systemschange Emma Sydenham

The story of how SVA's Evidence for Learning (E4L) helped make the use of evidence become common practice in Australian education. Insights on systemic change from the E4L leadership team, Matthew Deeble and Danielle Toon, on how E4L did it. Patrick Flynn Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO) #systemchange #innovation #EducationResearch #EvidenceBasedPractice https://lnkd.in/gXBXxaMP