VACANCY 💼 | We are looking for an interim Director of Sustainability and Just Transition to drive forward a critical agenda for the UK, building practices, skills, thought leadership and innovation to drive a just and fair transition to net zero. More 👉 https://bit.ly/3P6EUz0 #JobAlert #Vacancy #NowHiring #NetZeroJobs #SustainabilityJobs
The Young Foundation
Non-profit Organization Management
The UK’s home for community research and social innovation
About us
The Young Foundation’s mission is to develop better connected and more sustainable communities across the UK. As a UKRI accredited Independent Research Organisation, social investor and community development practitioner, we combine all our skills and expertise, to further that mission. We amplify the stories and lived experiences of people in our communities; using this as a spur to drive locally-led community action and enterprise. And we use what we learn across different communities to spot national patterns of need and opportunity. Then we work with national partners to support new ideas to tackle those shared, national challenges. Bringing together our own – and other people’s – work, we are building a shared body of evidence, tools and insight about how communities are taking action on the issues that affect them. We are experts in understanding the changing role of communities in the 21st century. We have a long track record incubating over 80 new organisations including: Which? The Open University, Language Line, Social Innovation Exchange, School for Social Entrepreneurs, Uprising and Action for Happiness. We continue to offer incubation support, plus office and back office support, to early-stage, innovative organisations that share our mission.
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External link for The Young Foundation
- Industry
- Non-profit Organization Management
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- London
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2005
- Specialties
- social innovation, social entrepreneurship, social venturing, social research, ethnography, public services innovation, research, investment, thinktank, community, and inequality
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Toynbee Hall
28 Commercial St
London, E1 6LS, GB
Employees at The Young Foundation
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Jon Huggett
Professional Coach and Board Advisor | Chaired 5 boards | Ex-Partner Bain & Company and The Bridgespan Group | Stanford MBA | Oxford MA
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Bridget Grenville-Cleave
Positive Psychology Trainer, Coach & Lecturer
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Kendall Perkins
Valaterra; a mission driven space for mindful connection
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Yvonne Roberts
Journalist mainly with The Observer, novelist,, former Chief Leader Writer of The Observer
Updates
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BLOG 💭 | ‘Research and innovation are about hope and empowerment’ At our Community Research Networks Away Days, Professor Dame Ottoline Leyser DBE FRS, CEO, UK Research and Innovation, shared a vision for a more ‘open and inclusive’ future. Read the blog 👉 https://bit.ly/4fmpWzv #CommunityResearch #InclusiveResearch #ResearchAndInnovation #CommunityResearchNetworks #Communities
‘Research and innovation are about hope and empowerment’
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BLOG ✍️ | 'Challenging a disconnect between communities and research' People feel research is often done to them, rather than with, by, or for them and the radical #CommunityResearchNetworks programme, announced this month with UK Research and Innovation, aims to ‘challenge this dysfunctional relationship’. Read the full piece here 👇 https://bit.ly/3BARaVl
‘Challenging a disconnect between communities and research’
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Great news! The We're Right Here campaign's call for a Community Right to Buy has been answered this week with a commitment in the Government's White Paper. Once implemented, the new Right will make it easier for communities to protect vital spaces and buildings in their local area. Huge congratulations to all the passionate people and organisations involved in pushing this forward, we’re proud to back the campaign. Read more >> https://bit.ly/3BmYzHR
CAMPAIGN WIN! Since our launch, we’ve campaigned for a Community Right to Buy. Today, the Government has officially committed to implementing this policy. 🥳 The Community Right to Buy means: ✅ Communities across the country will be able to buy and shape public spaces and buildings in their local areas. 👏 Well done to everyone who has campaigned hard for this right. This is the beginning of a community power moment! Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eqSMJsHe Annoushka Deighton, Charlotte Hollins, Claude Hendrickson MBE, Deana Bamford, Coalville C.A.N Heeley Trust Inayat omarji MBE, Neelam Heera - Shergill, Cysters, Sacha Bedding, Hannah Sloggett, Nudge Community Builders, Jane Elizabeth Dawe, Safe Regeneration Ltd, Josiah Sulc, Murray Chamberlain, Ailbhe (Alva) McNabola, Chris Wood, Helen Bazen, Helen Goulden OBE, Joel Llewellyn, Kezia Jackson-Harman, John Hume, Katy Oglethorpe, Mbalu Bah, Nick Plumb, Richard Bell, Sam Pluckrose-Oliver (né Hepher), Tony Armstrong, Veda Harrison FRSA, Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF), Locality, New Local , People's Health Trust, Renaisi, The Young Foundation
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Exciting news! 🎉 We're delighted to announce our partnership with Sheffield Hallam University delivering a new Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness (C4). Funded by UK Research and Innovation, C4 will develop successful community leadership approaches, focusing on: 👨👩👦👦 community connections where people live and with their neighbours 💞 relationships, identifying which social interactions are most meaningful in tackling poverty, isolation and mental health 💫 social capital, in the benefits derived from networks and relationships Celebrating our role as C4's Innovation and Impact Hub, Helen Goulden OBE said: "There is a large and growing appetite and aspiration for cross-sector collaboration to support communities, particularly those experiencing the sharpest end of disadvantage. If we are to realise that ambition, it requires us to innovate, work differently, and be honest and unrelenting in the pursuit for genuine change and impact as a result.” This ambitious project is a collaboration between regional and national partners, including Clackmannanshire Third Sector Interface (CTSI), Darnall Well Being, Local Trust, London Metropolitan University, Queen's University Belfast, The Brixton Project, University of Stirling, and Black Mountains College. Read more >> https://bit.ly/4gqo1ef
£10m project will build stronger communities across the UK
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Our Heritage Innovation Fund partnership has moved into Phase 3 👏 supporting 13 organisations to shape new ways of working and tackle heritage sector workforce challenges. Here’s what Helen Goulden OBE and Eilish McGuinness have to say about this milestone. Read more here👉https://bit.ly/3Vp52bL
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Blog 📖 | Prioritising accessibility in civic impact data In the latest blog for the National Civic Impact Accelerator, our Senior Researchers Adira Andlay and Jess Redmond explore the critical role of accessibility in designing inclusive digital tools for measuring civic impact. As part of the Civic Impact Dashboard’s development, they share insights on how accessibility was integrated into the User-Centred Design process, highlighting its importance in creating truly inclusive experiences. Read the blog here 👉 https://bit.ly/3OKszjF #DataVisualisation #Accessibility #CivicImpact
Building the Civic Impact Dashboard with Accessibility in Focus - Civic University Network
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Catch up on Dan Farag, our Director of Innovation, and Heidi Tweedie at Moray Wellbeing Hub CIC, as they joined BBC Scotland to discuss the Community Research Networks programme, and Collaboration for Mental Wealth in Moray. 👂 Listen in (from 11:54): https://lnkd.in/dDJnvhh4 👉 Find out more: https://lnkd.in/db6tbF8k With thanks to Peter Strachan for making this happen 👏 #Moray #Community #CommunityResearchNetworks #CommunityResearch #Participation
Good Morning Scotland - 03/12/2024 - BBC Sounds
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We’re proud to announce Phase 3 of the Heritage Innovation Fund is here! 🎉 With £2.9m in funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund and delivered in partnership with The Young Foundation, 13 organisations across the UK are driving innovation to create a more sustainable and inclusive heritage sector. 🌱Driving positive change tackling sector challenges to promote sustainability and inclusivity. 🤝 Working together, sharing solutions to improve workforce wellbeing and skills. 👉 Find out more: https://bit.ly/3Vp52bL #Heritage #Innovation #Partnership
Heritage organisations drive ‘meaningful and sustainable’ change | The Young Foundation
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We’re proud to announce Phase 3 of the Heritage Innovation Fund is here! 🎉 With £2.9m in funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund and delivered in partnership with The Young Foundation, 13 organisations across the UK are driving innovation to create a more sustainable and inclusive heritage sector. 🌱Driving positive change tackling sector challenges to promote sustainability and inclusivity. 🤝 Working together, sharing solutions to improve workforce wellbeing and skills. 👉 Find out more: https://bit.ly/3Vp52bL #Heritage #Innovation #Partnership
Heritage organisations drive ‘meaningful and sustainable’ change | The Young Foundation
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