Power and partnering: Social investment in health and social care

In 2024 Social Finance partnered with the Connect Fund to develop resources to help demystify social investment in the health and social care sector. Although our social investment work continues to evolve, the principles underpinning this guide remain true.

Published:11 June 2024

Updated:21 May 2026

Social investment offers a unique opportunity to create deeper partnerships that dismantle typical power structures to drive and sustain lasting systems change.

To do this right, partners need to work hard to actively prioritise rebalancing power and invest in healthy partnership working. Social Finance have drawn on their own experiences working in this space, spoken to a range of people both practiced and new to social investment and drawn on wider frameworks to create this practical guide.