The Horowhenua New Zealand Trust has secured backing from the first round of the Social Investment Fund to help children stood down from school Photo: Supplied /Horowhenua New Zealand Trust
The Social Investment Agency has revealed the first organisations to be given backing from its $190 million fund. The agency was set up just over a year ago and it uses data and evidence to prioritise it's spending. The initial funding round focused on three groups - children with parents who are, or have recently been, in jail, children of parents who have been in care and children who have been stood down or suspended from school before age 13.
The first round of $50 million over four years is going to seven programmes, with the Social Investment Minister, Nicola Willis, saying the successful organisations showed they could make the best overall impact for the target groups, and were able to measure that success. One of those that has secured funding is the Horowhenua New Zealand Trust, which aims to help more than 400 children with a programme focussed on behavior change. Kathryn speaks to its chair, Antony Young.
