The Young Foundation
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The UK’s home for community research and social innovation. Also powering @icstudiesuk
East London
Joined October 2009
You can now find us on Threads and Bluesky 👇 🧵 https://t.co/oUohxUMB7j 🔵
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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 @DrLaytonJ writes for @Estates_Gazette 👇 https://t.co/YHFyPGr8jp
estatesgazette.co.uk
COMMENT Institute for Community Studies’ Jack Layton on social infrastructure
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📢 At today's @AVMTweets Conference, our Research Director @Siân_Whyte notes the changing nature of volunteering and appetite for new models of community power. "Our strategy is about the power of participation and welcoming a new social contract.” https://t.co/QmIyAsL9lB
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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...
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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://t.co/3aZuYdIRAk
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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.
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Today, The @BritishAcademy_ and @NuffieldFound'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 👇 https://t.co/DuoGcUyhUb
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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.
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🚀 EVENT | Hive Minds: Exploring Participatory Research Join us on Tuesday 4 November in Belfast with RF Associates for a collaborative session exploring the power of a participatory approach in research. 🔗Find out more and register your interest here:
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Develop knowledge, and connect with others interested in participatory research. Hosted by RFA in partnership with The Young Foundation.
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WE'RE HIRING! Are you a Senior Researcher with strong quantitative, statistical and data analysis skills? We're looking for a dynamic team-player to join our busy and friendly team. Find out more and apply 👇 https://t.co/RXkNugKMNF
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We are recruiting a dynamic Senior Researcher (Quantitative) to work across government, public sector, and private sector-facing projects. This requires strong quantitative, statistical and data...
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Brilliant to see Leonie Taylor, Siân Whyte and Laetitia Lucy share insights in the @theTCPA's latest journal, reflecting on why community participation must be at the heart of development - and setting out key factors for success. More 👇 https://t.co/vlV3H5ixQF
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This is Olive. The AI data dashboard creator. Watch me use it with ChatGPT Atlas to research my demo database and build the most impactful tool possible.
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We cannot make changes about young people, without them and this report from the Peer Action Collective highlights the value of youth voice! 💪 Explore key findings and learnings from two years of work across multiple PAC teams here: https://t.co/ifgZKgt3Ev
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NEW REPORT📢| A call to tackle violence affecting young people, with young people Published today with @YouthEndowFund, @coopuk and #iWill movement (@TNLComFund, @DCMS) are key findings from research and social action with over 5,100 young people. Read👉 https://t.co/ifgZKgt3Ev
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Survey finds young people feeling unsafe, as youth-led programme develops meaningful proposals for change
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CASE STUDY 🥁 | From African drumming to library sessions: how Hackney’s creative approach is getting communities fit for the future Jem Hai shares one council's success increasing health, happiness, and physical activity among residents. @themjcouk
https://t.co/ivu4pGZ8JM
themj.co.uk
With the NHS publishing its 10-year plan back in July, Jem Hai shares the learning from The Young Foundation's evaluation of Hackney LBC's success increasing health, happiness and physical activity...
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IMPACT STORY 📈 | Explore the impact of our partnership with @cornwall_active, developing a 10-year plan to increase residents’ physical activity, underpinned by evidence and guided by the experiences of local people. https://t.co/fOxLgcvCn7
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Explore the impact of our partnership with Active Cornwall, developing a 10-year plan to increase residents’ physical activity, underpinned by evidence and guided by local people’s experiences.
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REPORT LAUNCH🚀 Today, we publish two reports with @hackneycouncil @Sport_England and others, sharing community-driven change in East London. Over eight years, this collaboration worked to reduce inequalities linked to health and inactivity. More at
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Two reports sharing community-driven change and work to reduce systemic inequalities linked to health and inactivity in Hackney, East London
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EVENT 🌍 | Building practice for a JUST future Join us to discover opportunities for participation in the new Centre for Joined Up Sustainability Transformations (JUST) - for those in policy or practice who are committed to justice and change. https://t.co/3aZuYdIRAk
youngfoundation.org
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.
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Don't forget to register - one week to go!
⭐Get ahead for Autumn and book onto our online Introduction to peer research training on Thursday 25 September!🍂 Find out more: https://t.co/R3kQTnPgOA
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Julie says “We know that access to green skills development differs according to postcode and circumstance. What conditions, policies, opportunities and changes can help everyone benefit in a fairer, greener future?" Explore our work in this space
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A stronger, green and digital economy can regenerate places and improve lives. We’re working to better understand people’s readiness for change and mobilise action.
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🌿What green skills and capabilities do we need for a ‘just’ transition? Our Interim Director of Just Transition Julie McLaren tackles this question with Sherilyn MacGregor, Lydia Fairhurst Marshall, Joe Crolla, and Rob Wilson at today’s #SMCSymposium in Manchester 1/2
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After 8 inspiring years, today we say a fond farewell to our CEO @HelenGou as she takes up a new role. Helen's parting blog shares her enduring hope and ambition for social change that's "participatory, people-focused, and rooted in place"👏 👏 👏 https://t.co/FPDD2eMYQN
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As our CEO, Helen Goulden, steps down, she frames our founding principles in today’s context: social change must be ‘participatory, people-focused, and rooted in place’
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NEWS 🗞️ | Deputy Mayor of London for Environment and Energy, @metecoban92, visits Thamesmead to hear lessons of community involvement in placemaking, as new report launches More 👇 https://t.co/BHKkLKz8UU
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Deputy Mayor of London for Environment and Energy, Mete Coban, visits Thamesmead to hear lessons of community involvement in placemaking
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But as I leave the sector after 17 years, the prospect of meaningful action to accompany government rhetoric feels intangible - @HelenGou @the_young_fdn
https://t.co/bd2IXo3EvZ
thirdsector.co.uk
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OPINION 💭 | Outgoing CEO @HelenGou reflects on 17 years spent in the sector. Writing for @ThirdSector, she shares hopes for how our institutions might work together differently in the future, and reimagine what cross-sector participation can look like. https://t.co/ihO4TP8O4D
thirdsector.co.uk
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