Abstract:
Social investment is a buzzword that is guiding the current National Government’s social policy decisions. What does it mean? What are the implications of increased ‘target efficiency’? Speakers at the 2017 Summit, “Beyond Social Investment”, examined and critiqued this view of welfare provision, and discussed what a social welfare system that genuinely put ‘the wellbeing of children at the centre’ would look like. What changes to policies and budgets would make the difference required for all children to thrive?
