Credit where credit’s due?

24 May 2016 | Authors:

In 2016, over 12 million people in the UK did not have access to affordable credit. An estimated 16.8 per cent were over-indebted. In Wales, the proportion was higher in every single local authority area with three among the UK’s

The Sky’s The Limit

6 May 2016 | Authors: Ceri Goddard,

This Gender Futures report looks at what is gender lens investing, how it generates financial return and advances gender equality and what needs to happen to build the field in the UK.

A Story of Leeds: Changing the world every day

26 March 2016 | Authors: Mary Hodgson,

This report shares the stories of people from all walks of life in Leeds, learning about the deeply held values that exist in communities and hearing people’s stories of hope and transformation. It also shines a light on projects, initiatives

Realising Ambition Programme Insights: Issue 3

17 March 2016 | Authors:

The Realising Ambition consortium, of which The Young Foundation was a part, produced a series of 12 Programme Insights rather than writing a long evaluation report at the end of the five-year programme. In our third Programme Insight, we explore

Making Waves

16 March 2016 | Authors:

The Young Foundation’s Amplify programmes across cities and regions in the UK and beyond are platforms of interconnected research, community development and innovation support designed to spark new ideas for tackling structural inequalities which respond to the real, lived experiences

Social Innovation Strategies – Regional Report

6 December 2015 | Authors: Charlotte Heales, ,

This global report describes the situation of social innovation in various regions of the world. The regional chapters take a territorial perspective and not a policy domain perspective. To date, as far as we know there has not been a

Policy Brief: Social Innovation in Health and Social Care

6 December 2015 | Authors: Charlotte Heales, ,

This policy brief appraises the state of social innovation in Health and Social Care and looks at current and future challenges and opportunities in the policy field. This document is based on the Policy Field Report for Health and Social

Realising Ambition Programme Insights: Issue 2

16 November 2015 | Authors:

Evidence is Confidence: How to create a richer evidential tapestry The Realising Ambition consortium, of which The Young Foundation is a part, are producing a series of 12 Programme Insights rather than writing a long evaluation report at the end

Benches for everyone: Solitude in public, sociability for free

9 November 2015 | Authors: Radhika Bynon,

The Bench Project finds that benches in our towns and cities, though easily overlooked, play a crucial role in social life. This publication argues that benches are currently being removed from public spaces, damaging community life and social integration. Benches

BAME Needs Assessment West Sussex: Community Engagement

7 November 2015 | Authors: Radhika Bynon,

This summary reports the results of an independent community engagement and research study carried out as part of a Needs Assessment for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) groups within West Sussex. The work was delivered by The Young Foundation,

Making Impact Real: How to encourage public–private investment for public services and foster innovative, sustainable and inclusive growth in Europe

9 October 2015 | Authors:

Launch of policy paper (Brussels, 10 November 2015) The Young Foundation with the support of Unipol Group (the mutual and second largest insurance group in Italy) has completed a pioneering research project on the role of social investment in the

Social Innovation in Health and Social Care: State-of-the-Art Summary

6 August 2015 | Authors: Amy Kwan, Rachel Schon, ,

The state-of-the-art report provides a policy field specific study on social innovation and the related governance system. It addresses recent challenges, corresponding practice fields of social innovation as well as illustrating social innovation projects. Thereby, the European, national and global

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