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UnitingCare Burnside is excited to announce Breaking New Ground: The Newpin Social Innovation Conference, celebrating the first 18 months of Australia’s inaugural Social Benefit Bond pilot. To be held at the Cockle Bay Wharf venue of Dockside, this unique conference brings together the different strands of the Social Benefit Bond experience. Headlining the conference will be Cheryl Kernot, Social Business Fellow at the Centre for Social Impact, who will be tackling the critical questions around social investment and Emeritus Professor Dorothy Scott OAM, who will address the underlying issues facing vulnerable families with complex needs and the crucial role played by innovation and good, evidence based practice. The Hon Mike Baird MP, Premier of New South Wales will open the conference, with Jenny Brockie, Australian award-winning journalist, documentary-maker and host of the SBS program, Insight as MC and facilitator. Book your place at this unique event now. Conference tickets only $495. We have a special early bird rate of $395 if you register before 31 March 2015. |
| This conference will focus on the development of Social Benefit Bonds and Social Investment, as a means to supporting innovative practice and harnessing new funding within Australia’s social services sector. Conference presentations and workshops will draw upon the experience of setting up and running the Newpin Social Benefit Bond pilot and participants will have an opportunity to explore cutting edge practice. Alongside the conference workshops that explore the role of social investment in government and non-government sectors, two further streams will focus on key practice wisdom that underpins the work of the health and welfare sectors: • restoration / reunification approaches that work, including a particular focus on fathers, and • exploring the impact of trauma on families, with an emphasis on mental ill-health |
