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Young Academy welcomes new cohort to education venture accelerator
MEDIA NOTICE 2 October – Today The Young Academy welcomes a new cohort of early-stage social ventures committed to improving the educational outcomes for disadvantaged young people to its flagship accelerator programme. The Young Academy Accelerator is an intensive and specialist business support programme. Participants will attend intensive workshops and receive one-to-one support from social impact experts, volunteer advisors and education sector leaders. Our goal is to create... Find out more
Six innovations ready to tackle UK’s dysfunctional housing market
PRESS RELEASE Six innovations ready to tackle UK’s dysfunctional housing market The Young Foundation accelerates social enterprises that support vulnerable private sector renters 25 September 2018 – London, UK Today, The Young Foundation welcomes six new projects to the Reimaging Rent accelerator — the UK’s only innovation programme focussed on tackling issues of affordability, quality and... Find out more

Young Foundation responds to MP’s £2bn affordable housing announcement
Housing associations to be given £2bn in new funding to help them build low-cost homes, under plans announced by Theresa May today (19 September 2018) at the National Housing Summit. John Piper, Programme Manager – Innovation, The Young Foundation comments: “For the first time in years, we have a housing policy aimed at specifically benefitting... Find out more

Enter our cash prize competition – what lies beyond the meritocracy?
Young summarised the meritocracy in the form of an equation: IQ + Effort. And if, as Michael said, ‘Every ‘ocracy’ lights a match beneath it’, what lies beyond a meritocracy? This is your chance to share your response to this question – and win a bit of cash! We’re open to receiving applications that are written, filmed, drawn or represented in physical form.
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New commissioning guide from The Young Foundation supports schools to tackle educational inequality
The Young Foundation has launched a good-practice guide to support schools to more effectively commission innovative services, especially those which aim to tackle educational inequality.
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The Young Foundation appointed by NHS to create guidance for Healthy New Towns programme
The Young Foundation has been appointed by NHS England (NHSE), in partnership with the Town and Country Planning Association, the King’s Fund and others, to create a publication for the development of the Healthy New Towns programme, showing those involved how they can embed health and wellbeing from the outset. Originating from the NHS... Find out more

Young Foundation becomes a Start-up European Ambassador
We are delighted to announce that today (19th March) we become a Start-up European ambassador. http://startupeuropeclub.eu/startup-europe-ambassadors/ This is a group of key influencers situated in European startup ecosystems who will provide information and advice about the European Commission’s Startup Europe initiative. The objective is to democratize the startup phenomenon so that every European citizen has... Find out more

Social movement Action for Happiness becomes an independent charity
In the context of our growing mental health crisis and the importance of finding new solutions, we are proud to announce the spin-out of Action for Happiness as an independent charity. Action for Happiness is a grassroots movement of people taking action to build a happier and more caring society. It was launched within The... Find out more