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Joining up for a sustainable future
13 March 2025
Partner organisations host launch of new research centre for Joined Up Sustainability Transformations in the North of England
Spark Awards to ignite youth innovation
28 February 2025
Accelerating our work to amplify youth voice and action, we’re collaborating with Big Change to deliver the Spark Awards, supporting 18 to 25-year-olds to reimagine the future and create deep-rooted lasting change.
What does ‘good’ university collaboration look like?
26 February 2025
We are gathering evidence of what’s working when universities in England engage with with students and local communities, or on civic climate education.
£10m project will build stronger communities across the UK
10 December 2024
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
5 December 2024
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
2 December 2024
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’
6 November 2024
Collaboration across universities, non-profits, business, communities and government will foster sustainable and equitable low-carbon living.
Luton’s ‘next generation of changemakers’
4 November 2024
New programme to help re-imagine and redefine community leadership for social justice in Luton.
Building ‘a place where everyone feels they belong’
11 September 2024
Our new collaborative initiative aims to accelerate a fairer and more inclusive future for West Midlands communities
Helping nature thrive and survive in Derbyshire
28 August 2024
New collaborative project invites residents to help shape a Local Nature Recovery Strategy to protect wildlife
Tackling physical inactivity across the capital
21 August 2024
Groundbreaking partnership with London Sport to tackle inequalities in physical inactivity across the capital.
UKRI and The Young Foundation partner on UK-wide community research programme
31 July 2024
New collaboration drives diverse, locally-led research and innovation.