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Ideas, as well as people, now move more freely. We have put new models, drawn from other classes and other parts of the world, before the local people, creating new aspirations and new ideas.Michael Young and Peter Willmott.
Family and Kinship in East London, 1957
Early stage venture development: the journey so far with Keshav Bhatt, Revolution Hive
Keshav Bhatt is the founder of Revolution Hive, a social enterprise which aims to empower young people to take responsibility for dealing with the biggest challenges facing society in the 21st century. Revolution Hive is currently part of the London and South East 2016/17 Young Academy cohort. We asked Keshav for some insight into what... Find out more
Young Foundation supports Uprising’s latest venture to create One Million Mentors
For a young person today, working out who you are and what you want to do is one of the key challenges you face upon entering adulthood. For those that face inequalities, this process can be especially laden with pitfalls and barriers. Our mission at The Young Foundation, to confront the inequalities that undermine our economy and corrode our wellbeing, means that we work on and with a fantastic... Find out more
New Year Celebrations for the Young Academy
We have three pieces of good news from the Young Academy to help us ring in 2017 with positivity.
Find out moreExpanding grammar schools in the UK perpetuates the dangerous myth of meritocracy
Lifting the ban on new grammar schools is part of Theresa May’s desire for “Britain to be the world’s great meritocracy[1]” and today marks the end of the public consultation the Government launched on this issue. But if the expansion of grammar schools marks progress towards a more meritocratic society is this necessarily a good... Find out more
Community led innovation in divided societies
Community led innovation has experienced a massive growth in the past year. SIC reflects this in the community led innovation network – an entire group of people dedicated to developing and disseminating community led innovation tools, methods and ideas. Monica Nagore and Lucy Cui are coordinating the community led innovation network on behalf of the... Find out more
Shifting the Dial on Inequality (Click on Wales)
CEO, Baroness Glenys Thornton, outlines our new community initiative to tackle inequality in Wales.
Find out moreSIX Series: Building social innovation in post-conflict places
Interview with Gorka Espiau, Director of Places and International Affairs.
Find out moreHigh Impact Investment – What’s gender got to do with it?
Read Ceri Goddard’s blog post on her latest publication The Sky’s The Limit on the Big Society Capital website.
Find out moreYoung Academy Nottingham and Sheffield Class of 2016
Meet the 2016 cohort.
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