SVA Quarterly
SVA Quarterly
Social Ventures Australia
SVA Quarterly podcasts share insights across the sector to prompt learning and discussion about effective practice in the social sector in Australia. Social Ventures Australia (SVA) is a not-for-profit organisation that works with partners to alleviate disadvantage so that all people and communities in Australia can thrive.  socialventures.com.au #non-profit
What does it take to create impact at scale?
At SVA’s summit into impact at scale, three leaders in social change in Australia and the UK shared their insights into what it takes to create impact at scale? The speakers are: - Matthew Taylor, Chief Executive Officer, UK National Health Service Confederation  - Kristy Muir, Chief Executive Officer, Paul Ramsay Foundation  - Cindy Reese Mitchell, Program Director for Indigenous Women’s Entrepreneurship, Good Return. Their responses covered a range of experience from dealing with large systemic changes in UK’s National Health Service, through place-based community projects across Australia, to working with an Indigenous women’s entrepreneurship program in the Kimberleys which provides takeaways for people working with First Nations people. For a summary article, see www.socialventures.com.au/sva-quarterly/what-does-it-take-to-create-large-scale-impact/
Dec 11, 2023
45 min
Five questions to consider when scaling for impact
Dr Neela Saldanha, Executive Director, Yale Research Initiative on Innovation & Scale (Y-RISE), visited Australia on the invitation of SVA to give the keynote address at our summit on impact at scale. She explained why successful pilots often don’t achieve the same results ‘at scale’ and provided questions to consider when expanding a change program. View the slides referred to in the podcast: https://www.socialventures.com.au/assets/Dr-Neela-Saldanha-keynote-slides.pdf For summary article: https://www.socialventures.com.au/sva-quarterly/five-questions-to-consider-when-scaling-for-impact/
Nov 7, 2023
34 min
Outcomes contracting trailblazer shares knowledge before passing the baton
Elyse Sainty, director in the Impact Investing team at Social Ventures Australia, spoke with Patrick Flynn, director of public affairs at SVA, as she’s about to pass on the baton after 10 years leading SVA’s work in social impact bonds (SIBs) and outcomes contracts. https://www.socialventures.com.au/sva-quarterly/outcomes-contracting-trailblazer-shares-knowledge-before-passing-the-baton/
Mar 29, 2023
1 hr 1 min
Paying what it takes to create impact
Research from SVA and CSI found that not-for-profit organisations across Australia are, in general, not funded for the actual cost of what they do. The result is less effective operations and reduced impact. Author of SVA Quarterly article, Sam Thorp explores this tendency and its impact. For more see: https://www.socialventures.com.au/sva-quarterly/paying-what-it-takes-to-create-impact/
Mar 29, 2023
17 min
Building effective corporate partnerships with non-profits
Sally Garis outlilnes how strategic partnerships offer corporates the opportunity to create business and social value. She looks at how companies are adopting more effective ways to partner with the non-profit sector. From the SVA Quarterly aritcle: https://www.socialventures.com.au/sva-quarterly/building-effective-corporate-partnerships-with-non-profits/
Jan 30, 2023
24 min
Social Sector Intermediaries: what are they & what do they need?
Field-building intermediaries play an important role in social sector ecosystems and they need to be supported financially. But what do they do and what kind of funding do they need to sustain their work and impact? Annabelle Roxon provides this audio of the SVA Quarterly article: https://www.socialventures.com.au/sva-quarterly/social-sector-intermediaries-what-are-they-and-what-do-they-need/
Dec 21, 2022
30 min
Housing First: the challenges of moving from pilot to policy
With a growing body of evidence backing the highly supportive Housing First approach, including the recent evaluation of the Aspire SIB, why has it not been funded and adopted more extensively across Australia? Pat Bollen looks at what the Housing First approach is and why it is successful then explores how these pilots could become standard policy. Based on SVA Quarterly article here: https://www.socialventures.com.au/sva-quarterly/housing-first-the-challenges-of-moving-from-pilot-to-policy/
Oct 27, 2022
24 min
The art of supporting grief: have we lost it?
Building on the SVA Quarterly article which encourages us to approach grief support as core business, SVA's Emily Adams talks to Dr Kerrie Noonan from the Death Literacy Institute about the concept of disenfranchised grief and grief literacy. They also explore some of the ways that employers and managers can support their staff to grieve. To read the article: https://www.socialventures.com.au/sva-quarterly/the-art-of-supporting-grief-have-we-lost-it/
Dec 15, 2021
22 min
A systems approach to food insecurity
Divya Roy describes taking a systems approach to help get the most out of a food supplly chain drawing on work with the City of Greater Geelong to improve the region's food security. For the full article: https://www.socialventures.com.au/sva-quarterly/a-systems-approach-to-food-insecurity/
Aug 11, 2021
15 min
A step towards First Nations justice In child protection
SVA's Doug Hume and Desmond Campbell discuss a Koori-designed program in the Children’s Court of Victoria which is providing a more effective and just response for Koori families. With potential for expansion across Victoria and Australia, it offers a step towards greater self-determination in the child protection system. See article here:https://www.socialventures.com.au/sva-quarterly/a-step-towards-first-nations-justice-in-child-protection/
Jul 21, 2021
24 min
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