We lead the implementation of social investment and provide cross-sector insights to decision-makers to improve people’s lives.
We have four new functions:
- Setting the standards for social investment practice to ensure there is consistency across government agencies and contracted providers
- Advising on and facilitating the creation of the data and evidence infrastructure for social investment
- Working with other agencies to apply the social investment approach
- Leading an ongoing review of social sector spending to measure outcomes.
And we retain responsibility for our previous functions of delivering:
- cross-social system advice and supporting the social sector with cross system work
- insights, tools, and practices that improve cross social system decision making for improving wellbeing.
We are a stand-alone central agency and we report to the Minister for Social Investment who sets the priorities for the portfolio and agrees the Agency's work programme.