Opportunities for Social Impact Investing - Report Launch

What’s next? Opportunities for Social Impact Investing to Deliver Outcomes for People with Disability explores the opportunity for social impact investing to enable better outcomes for people with disability.

The report reveals that while the disability community in Australia is broad and rich in diversity, it remains the case that people with disability experience systemic disadvantage.

Social Impact Investing provides new and different forms of capital investment that can enable innovation not only within the disability sector but also at the intersection between people with disability and mainstream services and systems.

Impact investing in disability has seen rapid growth in recent years, which presents opportunity for change in the disability sector and broader community. It is estimated that approximately $2.5 billion has been invested in specialist disability accommodation alone since 2016. However, while investor demand is high, market growth may be constrained by a shortage of quality impact investment opportunities and a shortage of intermediaries needed to stimulate market growth.

The report details the key factors underpinning the success of investing with respect to disability and provides a range of recommendations on how to advance social impact investing in Australia based around housing, employment, and technology enablers.

Download final report: What’s next? Opportunities for Social Impact Investing to Deliver Outcomes for People with Disability

Download summary report: What’s the Big Deal for Disability?

Download easy read report: Social Impact Investment for People With Disability