Press Releases

"How can local government contribute to happiness?"
24.07.2008
The Local Wellbeing Project today announces keynote speakers at its conference on September 9 2008.  Entitled ‘How can we contribute to happiness and wellbeing?’, the conference is being held at the QEII in Westminster, and will explore the findings of The Local Wellbeing Project.

Uprising Leadership Programme included in Communities in Control White Paper
9.07.2008
The Young Foundation has welcomed the inclusion of the UpRising leadership programme in the Communities in Control White Paper, published today by the Communities and Local Government (CLG) department. UpRising was singled out in the white paper as an example of an innovative new programme that is supporting and developing a new generation of young people to play a greater role in politics and public life.

 Studio Schools included in DCSF White Paper
20.05.2008
The Young Foundation welcomes the inclusion of Studio Schools in the Alternative Provision White Paper.  The Young Foundation has been working closely with the DCSF to identify potential pilot sites for the first wave of Studio Schools.

"Escape from the Titanic"
28.04.2008
A new paper by the Young Foundation launches a new programme of work looking at the critical role innovation can play in dramatically reducing offending among young people in Britain 

Discovery, argument and action: how civil society responds to changing needs
20.03.2008
A new report by the Young Foundation launches a major 18 month study on Britain's emerging and changing needs.

London's public services must work together to meet future challenges
12.03.2008
A new report by London Collaborative outlines the critical challenges facing London's public sector over the next 15 years.

"Just Another Emperor - The Myths and Realities of Philanthrocapitalism"
10.03.2008
A new book by Michael Edwards, published on 10 March takes a comprehensive and critical look at philanthrocapitalists claims and assesses their likely impact.

How to make localism work? New book tells local experience of empowering neighbourhoods
08.10.2007
A new collection of stories today shows why there is growing interest in passing power right down to very local areas – and the new challenges that it brings.

"Empowering Community Organisations for a Greater Share"
26.07.2007
A new report by the Young Foundation will outline how financial support should best be provided to local, voluntary and community organisations....

Housing associations and local councils that don’t collaborate are failing local communities, warns new report
13.07.2007
A new report from the Young Foundation calls on housing associations to work much more closely with local authorities to give their residents a voice in local communities

‘Contentious Citizens: civil society’s role in campaigning for social change’
25.05.2007
A new report released today by the Young Foundation reveals some of the challenges and opportunities associated with campaigning in a network age.

"Posher and Poorer"- mapping Britains rural needs
21.05.2007
A new report released today by the Young Foundation reveals that behind the prosperity of the British countryside new patterns of inequality are being created that could leave the countryside more unequal than cities.

Neighbourhood Fix-It: “Two clicks to let your council and your neighbours know that something is broken in your neighbourhood”
07.03.2007
mySociety and the Young Foundation will today launch a new website that will make it easier for people to talk to their local authority and other local people about broken civic infrastructure in their neighbourhood, www.neighbourhoodfixit.com

"Is Britain a meritocracy – and who has been left behind?"
29.01.2007
A trailblazing book titled “The Rise and Rise of Meritocracy” looks at whether Britain today really is an open and mobile society. At a time when once again the leader of a major party went to Eton and City bonuses are at record levels, and with growing evidence that social mobility ground to a halt in the 1980s and 1990s, authors including David Willetts, Ferdinand Mount, Sir Peregrine Worsthorne and many others take stock of what has happened in the 50 years since the publication of Michael Young’s famous book ‘The Rise of the Meritocracy’ which warned that the 21st century would bring a revolt against the new elites.

“Life begins at sixty: what kind of NHS after 2008?”
04.10.2006
The Young Foundation and New Economics Foundation (nef) have today launched a new report setting out how the NHS needs to evolve after its 60th birthday in 2008.

"Parties for the the public good"
10.10.2006
New report – backed by a major new Ipsos/MORI poll - warns against ‘insider’s stitch up on party funding’; calls for reversal of 20 year trend towards ‘centralisation, marketing and dependence on dubious donors’’ which has left parties hollowed out and less trusted by the public; and makes recommendations for rebuilding political parties as civic institutions.

"Jamaican hands across the Atlantic"
11.10.2006
The Young Foundation today launches a new publication, Jamaican Hands Across the Atlantic by Elaine Bauer and Paul Thompson., The report provides valuable insights into the dynamics of transnational families, and the continuing transformation of the Jamaican family into the 21st Century.