Webinars

February 2026: Social Investment Fund Round Two

Social Investment Fund New Investment Round Two - 17 February 2026

This webinar featured Joe Fowler, Deputy Chief Executive Investment & Commissioning at the Social Investment Agency, speaking about Round Two of the New Investment pathway. Round Two is open until 10 March 2026.

This was an opportunity for those who wish to apply for the registration of interest to hear from the Social Investment Fund team about the requirements for applying and an understanding of the assessment criteria.

The one hour online session included:

Overview of Social Investment Fund Pathway One: New Investment (Round Two )
A description of what we are looking for in an application and an explanation of the new cohort
A Q&A session (scroll to 17:15 for the Q&A session)

View the webinar recording below. We have updated our FAQs based on the questions raised by participants in the webinar. See the Social Investment Fund FAQs page to view FAQs relating to Pathway One.

Webinar: Social Investment Fund New Investment Round Two

August 2025: Social Investment Fund Round One

Social Investment Fund Round One webinar - 27 August 2025

Joe Fowler (DCE Investment and Commissioning) and Kylie Reiri (DCE Transformation, Technology and Enabling Services) from the Social Investment Agency discuss the Social Investment Fund and answer your questions.

They are joined by Hon Nicola Willis, Minister for Social Investment, who talks about the Government's commitment to the social investment approach.

View the recording below.

Webinar: Social Investment Fund Round One

June 2025: Social Investment Fund - What to expect

We held two webinars in June 2025 giving an overview of the Social Investment Fund for providers, peak bodies, iwi and organisations that support providers.

Chief Executive Andrew Coster and Interim Head of Commissioning Joe Fowler presented an overview of what the Fund will look like and laid out the next steps for those interested in applying. Each webinar included a live Q&A session. We have collated your questions and we will publish a full set of Q&As on our site soon.

View the recordings below.