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The beautiful game: in divided times, can amateur football build community?
Dr Jack Layton explores how amateur sports build social connections, care and trust.
Net zero can be a polarising issue – but our transition must reach everyone
Leonie Taylor shares her reflections on the climate story in 2025.
£10m project will build stronger communities across the UK
New £10m C4 Centre, led by Sheffield Hallam University, will strengthen community leadership and build a more connected UK.
Heritage organisations drive ‘meaningful and sustainable’ change
As our Heritage Innovation Fund partnership moves into its third phase, organisations across the UK continue to innovate creative new ways of working.
£9m investment will address regional priorities across the UK
Our partnership with UKRI will support nine local networks to ensure research and innovation is ‘by everyone, for everyone, everywhere’.
New centre to drive ‘sustainable futures for all’
Collaboration across universities, non-profits, business, communities and government will foster sustainable and equitable low-carbon living.
Luton’s ‘next generation of changemakers’
New programme to help re-imagine and redefine community leadership for social justice in Luton.
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‘We face challenging times – but the solutions are available to us all’
As we launch into a turbulent and troubled 2025, our CEO Helen Goulden says The Young Foundation’s vision for a better-connected and fairer society is as vital as ever.
‘A movement of hope, a movement of neighbours’
When communities feel powerless, apathy breeds. Al Mathers, Leonie Taylor and Jack Layton call for greater resources and time to ensure people can have ongoing, active roles in shaping their homes and neighbourhoods.
‘Research and innovation are about hope and empowerment’
At our Community Research Networks Away Days, Dame Ottoline Leyser DBE FRS, Chief Executive of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), shared a vision for a more ‘open and inclusive’ future.
‘A bright future for community energy?’
With time, investment, and a commitment to community engagement, Great British Energy could be a local as well as a national success story, says Jacob Coburn.