The Young Foundation

📣 Interested in postgrad research, university funding, or community partnerships?

Join us with @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social to explore how universities can step beyond traditional roles and engage with their communities to offer inspiration and provocation.

Book here👉https://bit.ly/4oxTQWc

PAC Read our latest report DOWNLOAD We’re a group of 10 to 25-year-olds who want to help young people live a life free from violence. Across England and Wales, we’re bringing young people together…

📢 Find out more about the programme and partners at: peeractioncollective.com/

📰 Read our news story here: bit.ly/4pgDsdV

The four new partners and research themes include:

👉 High Trees & Coffee Afrik in London on youth mental health
👉 LLR VRN and Young Leicestershire on policing in young people’s lives
👉 Pure Insight in Cheshire and Greater Manchester on care leaver support

Award-nominated youth-driven programme welcomes new cohort | The Young Foundation New Peer Action Collective partners to address key themes affecting young people’s safety in our communities

NEWS🚀| Proud to announce our continued role as national partner with the #PeerActionCollective as four new teams join the project to deliver youth-led research and social action addressing violence affecting young people.

Find out more 👉 bit.ly/4pgDsdV

The programme was funded by the @youthendowmentfund.org.uk, the #iwill Fund (a joint investment between The National Lottery Community Fund and @dcmsgovuk.bsky.social, and @coopukreal.bsky.social. Huge thanks to the 121 young people who led PAC, and the fantastic organisations that supported them.

Sharing power, showing understanding | The Young Foundation Insights and findings from research and social action between 2023 and 2025, addressing the root causes of violence affecting young people in England and Wales.

What an evening! Together with the #PeerActionCollective, we were honoured to attend the MRS Awards as nominees for the prestigious President’s Medal award. Huge congratulations to our fellow nominees.

Read the award nominated report here 👉 bit.ly/3Y02Ubq

Big news! 🎉 Announcing our new CEO @parlysue.bsky.social. More at bit.ly/3M1O8yn

YouTube video by Big Local All Together Now | Highlights

What does it really take to build stronger, more connected communities?

Earlier this month, the All Together Now conference marked the official launch of @c4research.bsky.social, hosted in partnership with @localtrust.org.uk. See the highlights 👇

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Meaningful engagement between students and local communities | Institute for Community Studies This research explores the question of what sites and practices of meaningful student community engagement look like, particularly from much-needed student and community perspectives. The report prese...

REPORT 📈 | Meaningful engagement between students and local communities - five case studies of student community engagement practices across England

Read the report 👇
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Purpose through data | Institute for Community Studies From 2022 to 2025, the Institute for Community Studies at The Young Foundation carried out primary and secondary research in support of the National Civic Impact Accelerator (NCIA) programme. This inc...

REPORT 📈 | Purpose through data: a toolkit and resource that supports universities with equitable and accessible, data-informed decision-making 👇
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For a greener future, we need more than new skills and social mobility - we need fairness Workforce 2030: Julie McLaren from The Young Foundation explores how the UK can ensure its skills agenda is both 'green' and genuinely fair

OPINION 💭 | 'We need more than new skills and social mobility for a greener future; we need fairness’

Julie McLaren asks how we can ensure the UK's skills agenda is both 'green' and genuinely fair, in Business Green 👇
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New event on 4th December: Reimagining Research The Ideas Fund is a grants programme run by the British Science Association and funded by Wellcome.

Find out more and register here 👉 bit.ly/4ipECRP
Explore the Rural Durham CRN 👉https://bit.ly/3K7A4Te

New event on 4th December: Reimagining Research The Ideas Fund is a grants programme run by the British Science Association and funded by Wellcome.

🗓️In December we'll be a part of Reimagining Research, an online event hosted by @britsciassoc.bsky.social 📢

Hear from those working with communities, like the Rural Durham Community Research Network, and explore ideas of how this work can shape future research to collaboratively address challenges.

Part of the #CommunityResearchNetworks with
@ukri.org, Gary reflects: "The Collaboration for Mental Wealth in Moray is drawing on local insights to co-create local solutions. It's fantastic to see the community-driven approach to mental wellbeing in action."

Find out more👉https://bit.ly/4p1PQOf

Our Senior Innovation Practitioner, Gary Fawdrey is currently on 'safari' in Scotland, touring Moray to meet local people, to better understand the issues they face and explore potential research opportunities that matter to them.⛰️💡

First Funded Community Research Projects | Rural Durham — Community Research Network Durham Rural Durham Community Research Network announces four funded projects exploring heritage, transport, companionship, and shared spaces in rural communities.

Read about the Rural Durham network's first funded community-led research projects exploring heritage and the arts, transport barriers affecting young people, and the social value of shared spaces 👉 bit.ly/4po0Shd

Market Development Association | Partner Spotlight Video | BCRIN The Market Development Association is one of the community partners of Belfast Community Research & Innovation (BCRIN). This video was recorded in year 1 of the BCRIN project as an introduction to the Market community and the Market Development Association, to form a baseline narrative, and to act as a tool for reflection in the future. Enjoy. @marketdevelopmentassociati4264

Check out the latest videos from Belfast Community Research & Innovation Network spotlighting their community partners including The Ashton Centre and
the Market Development Association👉 bit.ly/4qYsueo

We're working with the @ukri.org funded #CommunityResearchNetworks supporting them to engage their local communities across the UK to drive research and innovation in their areas.🔍

A fairer future and a greener planet | The Young Foundation Explore our work to build participation and shape a greener, fairer future.

🌍 Will COP, hosted in Brazil this year, see bold commitments that drive a just transition to net zero? People and communities must be at the heart of climate action, so no one is left behind on the journey to a sustainable future.

See our recent research and thinking in this space 👇
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Civic Impact Dashboard user-testing workshop | The Young Foundation Help shape a dashboard supporting universities to take a more data-driven approach to creating positive civic impact.

WORKSHOP 💻 | Help shape a dashboard supporting universities to take a more data-driven approach to creating positive civic impact

Join us for the final user-testing workshop: bit.ly/4nFQlwd

Introduction to peer research course | The Young Foundation This online course is for organisations wishing to develop their peer research project management skills in-house. A previous participant said: “I learnt a lot and feel inspired.”

🧑‍🎓 Join the last Introduction to peer research training of the year!

There are still a few spots left for this highly practical and engaging online training on Wednesday 19 November.

Find out more: bit.ly/4qHTQVQ

Civic universities and green spaces: mapping report | Institute for Community Studies This research maps university green space in relation to underlying mental health and wellbeing data, and explores the potential to scale the methodological approach.

A fantastic report recently shared at CiviCon by Jack Layton and Al Mathers highlighting the power of university green spaces to be realised as focal points for mental health and wellbeing and community cohesion. 🌳

Find out more 👉 http://bit.ly/3Lf8XWw

Is your neighbourhood benefitting from net zero? Share new map with your MP to deliver real change The GoZero Index – designed by The Young Foundation – is a new, interactive tool that maps how ready different places across England are for the transition to a fair and equitable net zero future. ...

Is your neighbourhood benefitting from net zero? Share our interactive map with your MP to deliver change on your doorstep

The GoZero Index provides vital insight into how national and regional policy can better reflect local realities.
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NEWS 🗺️ | GoZero Index launches – a groundbreaking new tool mapping how ready places across England are for the transition to a fair, green future.

Explore your area 👇
https://bit.ly/4qpfUo5

Buildings alone won’t solve the housing crisis; we need to invest in public joy COMMENT Institute for Community Studies’ Jack Layton on social infrastructure

OPINION 💭 | Houses ≠ communities. 🚧 New housing without social infrastructure is leaving people isolated. It’s time to invest in public joy – not just buildings. Our Place Research and Impact Manager Dr Jack Layton writes for Estates Gazette 👇
http://bit.ly/4ho4HzT

As the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill makes its way through Parliament, @right-here.org is calling for a deeper form of devolution that gives communities more power and rights to create real change – from the ground up.

Watch and share the new campaign film 👇

The Power of Participation: our vision 2024-28 | The Young Foundation Embracing the spirit of our founder, Michael Young, our five-year strategy, The Power of Participation, shares our vision to redesign the social contract between people, communities, state and business and shape a fairer, greener future.

📢 At today's AVM Conference, our Research Director Siân Whyte notes the changing nature of volunteering and increased appetite for new models of community power. "Our strategy is about the power of participation and welcoming a new social contract.”
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Building practice for a JUST future | The Young Foundation In this online session, we will activate the power of participation to tackle social, political and environmental challenges, mobilising communities of practice to create a just, sustainable future.

EVENT 🌍 | Building practice for a JUST future

Last chance to register to join us next week to discover opportunities for participation in the new Centre for Joined Up Sustainability Transformations (JUST) 👇
https://bit.ly/3JN1UDV

Understanding Communities: Final insight report | Institute for Community Studies The Understanding Communities research programme was a collaboration between the British Academy and the Nuffield Foundation, exploring how local communities function and can improve people’s lives. I...

In tandem, our Institute for Community Studies is publishing an analysis of the programme, which provides recommendations for carrying out community-based research 👇
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Understanding Communities Fund | Nuffield Foundation A collaboration from the British Academy and the Nuffield Foundation to identify practical solutions to increase the cohesion and resilience of local communities in the UK.

Today, The @britishacademy.bsky.social and Nuffield Foundation's Understanding Communities programme publishes its final report.

Launched in 2022, this programme has worked to inform policy and practice on how communities can improve social wellbeing across the UK 👇
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