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Building ‘15-minute neighbourhoods’: what’s on your doorstep?
News 29 July 2022
We’re working with communities and the Council in Waltham Forest to better understand local needs and shape neighbourhoods
‘If the research sector is to truly reflect our diverse communities, we need new forms of partnerships’
Blog 20 July 2022
Tom Saunders and Emily Morrison stress the need for more equitable and sustainable models of community engagement in research
New funding will help put communities ‘at the heart’ of research
News 20 July 2022
Acting on our research findings, in 2022 UKRI made £4m in funding available for phase one of the Community Research Networks programme, supporting local engagement in research.
An equitable future for research and innovation
Publication 20 July 2022
This report focuses on how the research and innovation (R&I) system can more equitably involve community groups and organisations with less power or representation.
Helping Londoners grow skills and salaries through the cost-of-living crisis
News 15 July 2022
We’re supporting a new £2m programme, helping people across England’s capital city access employment and skills.
Here comes the community!
Blog 13 June 2022
Today, local leaders from around the UK descend on Parliament to call for a Community Power Act. Our CEO Helen Goulden welcomes engagement with communities that increases both equality and equity.
Neighbourhood groups are here to stay, finds campaign for community power
News 13 June 2022
As research highlights the lasting power of community action, we join MPs and campaigners in Parliament to call for legislative change
‘A time to recharge, renew – and participate in your future’
Blog 19 January 2022
The Young Foundation starts 2022 with a focus on collective energy. Helen Goulden reflects on the challenges and opportunities ahead.
Campaign for Community Power launches today
Blog 2 December 2021
Embracing our mission to support better-connected, stronger communities, The Young Foundation is proud to be part of We’re Right Here: The Campaign for Community Power, which launches today.
Research shows local engagement can increase Covid-19 vaccine take-up
News 19 November 2021
A new UK-US collaborative study examining vaccine engagement highlights the importance of tapping into local knowledge and leadership.
Beyond the ‘blah, blah, blah’: we need a new kind of climate activism
Blog 4 November 2021
Helen Goulden reflects on people power and partnership as tools for change – and says the cacophony around COP26 speaks volumes.
Understanding local patterns of volunteer activity during Covid-19
News 3 March 2021
Together with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), The Young Foundation is conducting new research to understand the various ways in which volunteers have been (and continue to be) active within local authority areas across England during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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