Past Events
Listed below are a selection of previous events the Young Foundation have organised, participated, or been a partner in.
The Riots
The Tricycle Theatre and Bernie Grant Arts Centre present a verbatim theatre production and panel discussions on the riots.
Nic Marks: Ideas for a happier world
Young Foundation venture Action for Happiness hosts an evening with Nic Marks
Sharing Insight, Shaping Action: Funding and Measuring Social Innovation
Social Innovation exchange (SIX) is hosting a high profile event discussing the future of Social Innovation in Europe.
Introduction to Studio Schools webinar
Studio Schools Trust Director David Nicoll and Simon Tucker, chief executive of the Young Foundation will be hosting a live webinar event.
Education Reform: reflections from the front line
What do we want to achieve by sending our children to school? Enabling Enterprise's founder, Tom Ravenscroft, shares his insights on changing the education system - from the inside out.
SIX Winter School 2011
Social Innovation in 2015: What will it look like and how can we achieve it?
Henry Stewart on Happiness at Work
An evening of inspiration from one of the world's leading experts on creating happy workplaces.
Global Innovation Academy Programme in Singapore
Intensive 2-day programme co-hosted by the Lien Centre for Social Innovation
What has Sure Start taught us about large-scale social innovation?
A lunchtime seminar with Naomi Eisenstadt
Transatlantic perspectives on the challenges of offender resettlement
Seminar with Chris Watler and Evan Jones
The Work Debate
The Prince's Trust and the Young Foundation are hosting a debate bringing young people together with employers and policy makers.
Michael Young Memorial Lecture 2011: Family and Kinship in an ageing society
Delivered by the Rt. Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP, the lecture will explore the changing role of the extended family in modern society.
Protecting households using domestic energy storage
Lunchtime session with Dr John Moriarty
Launch of 'Free to Be'
An inspiring exhibition showcasing the work of young Muslim women from East London.
HAPPY: the movie
Action for Happiness host the first ever UK cinema screening of HAPPY.
Closing the gap: what makes a real difference
Young Foundation Seminar on educational disadvantage.
Matthieu Ricard on Happiness
An evening of inspiration with one of the world's leading thinkers and experts on happiness.
Interrogate! Festival
The UK's first festival of social justice, supported by the Young Foundation
Releasing untapped capacity in our communities
Lunchtime seminar with Slivers of Time Managing Director Wingham Rowan
Realising Ambition Webinar
Do you run a successful programme that diverts young people away from offending?
Who supports the far right: Why and what can we do about it?
Lunchtime Seminar with Matthew Goodwin
The power of protest: what role for local activism in straitened times?
Lunchtime seminar with Jim Diers
10 Years On: What did we learn from the Northern Disturbances?
An UpRising Leadership event
Pay for success projects and social impact bonds (webinar)
Structuring considerations and adaptation arising from the field
Informing investment in youth work
Measuring the value and strengthening the evidence base
Global Innovation Academy Inaugural Session in Bilbao
This programme engaged 30 leaders from across Europe and further afield. During the intensive three day programme, participants were immersed in a highly collaborative learning journey, designed to enable them to adapt and implement cutting-edge methods of social innovation in their respective contexts.
Are we entering a new Politics of Extremism?
Debate hosted by Uprising Leadership programme
What is leadership?
A thought-provoking evening with the UpRising Leadership Programme in Birmingham
National Citizen Service: building a more successful transition to adulthood?
Lunchtime Seminar with The Challenge Network and The Venture Trust
Why The Big Society Should Be a Playground (But Isn't)
Lunchtime seminar with Pat Kane, author of the Play Ethic. Audio recording and presentation available.
Whose Curriculum is it anyway?
A unique series of regional events for school and college leaders from Whole Education
Building Resilience in Children and Young People
A skills-based training for children's sector professionals
Why understanding values is the key to better policy
Lunchtime seminar with Nick Pecorelli and Pat Dade. Podcast and slides available.
Young Foundation at Good Deals 2010
Sharing our social venturing experience at the UK's largest social investment conference
The give and take of co-production
What is co-production? Is it new? cheaper? empowering? At our next lunchtime seminar we will be discussing these questions with with an expert panel.
Launch of ‘Citizens’ University’ at Conservative Party Conference
Providing vital community skills on the high street - with Francis Maude MP
Sexual pleasure, activism and wellbeing
Lunchtime seminar on 'sexual pleasure, activism and wellbeing' from Sam Roddick activist and founder of Coco de Mer and Bondage for Freedom. Available as podcast.
How can innovation contribute to deficit reduction?
Two practical new guides to speeding up public service innovation and diffusion
Trial, Error and the Big Society - Lunchtime seminar with Aubrey Fox
Promoting an honest conversation about the inevitability of failure in any area of public policy.
Success for Life
Lunchtime seminar with Daniel Snell, founder of Arrival Education. Available as podcast.
What can historians of emotions say about public policy?
Lunchtime seminar with Dr Thomas Dixon and Dr Rhodri Hayward
The Needs of Tomorrow: The role of your organisation
Joint event in partnership with the NCVO
Lunchtime Seminar with Raphael Mokades
Raphael Mokades, director of Rare Recruitment, will give a lunchtime seminar focusing on the struggles individuals from less advantaged backgrounds have entering the employment market, despite educational attainment.
Lunchtime Seminar with Lord Victor Adebowale
Lord Victor Adebowale, chief executive of Turning Point, will be giving a lunchtime seminar on the work of his organisation.
The Happiness Movement at the Hay Festival
Young Foundation Director Geoff Mulgan in conversation with Anthony Seldon and Richard Layard
Lunchtime Seminar with Heather Sim
Heather Sim, the founder and chief executive of Space Unlimited, will be giving a lunchtime seminar entitled, "Uncommon sense: the role of risk-taking in innovation". The seminar will focus on the topic of risk-taking and innovation.
Lunchtime Seminar with Richard Litchfield
Richard Litchfield, founder of Eastside Company, will be giving a lunchtime seminar on public sector commissioning.
Lunchtime Seminar with Julia Hailes
Julia Hailes, leading opinion former, freelance consultant and speaker on social, environmental and ethical issues, will be giving a lunchtime seminar titled, "Climate for Change".
Lunchtime Seminar with Andrew Phillips
"A fantastic one-off: the Michael Young I knew."
Lunchtime Seminar
Will Jennings will be giving a lunchtime seminar entitled, 'Governing the Games in an Age of Uncertainty: London 2012 and Risk'.
Future Communities Launch
A new consortium of local authorities and national bodies to be launched at the Attlee Room, House of Lords
Built to Last: Equipping children for real life
Are life skills such as self-discipline, and resilience just as important as academic achievement?
Lunchtime Seminar with Patrick Andrews
Patrick Andrews, head of governance at Riversimple, will be giving a lunchtime seminar entitled "The future of transport - a Riversimple view".
Lunchtime Seminar
Andy Hobsbawm, director of the Green Thing, will be giving a lunchtime seminar entitled, "Do the Green Thing -- Creativity vs Climate Change".
Supporting Families conference
Yvonne Roberts, Senior Associate at the Young Foundation, to speak.
Launch of the Young Foundation's latest report
Sinking and swimming: Understanding unmet needs in modern Britain, a thought-provoking study.
Lunchtime Seminar with Sue Gerhardt
Author Sue Gerhardt will be giving a lunchtime seminar entitled, "What kind of childhood do we need in the 21st century?"
Wellbeing and public policy: towards a better success
Speakers will include Gus O'Donnell, Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Home Civil Service with Professor Lord Richard Layard, and Geoff Mulgan from the Young Foundation.
Lunchtime Seminar with Anna Minton
Writer and journalist Anna Minton will be giving a lunchtime seminar sharing learning from her latest book,‘Ground Control: Fear and Happiness in the 21st Century City', published by Penguin.
Charles Leadbeater to visit YF offices
Charles Leadbeater, a leading authority on creativity and innovation, is coming to the Young Foundation.
Lunchtime Seminar with Frances O'Grady and Paul Nowak
Deputy General Secretary of The Trades Union Congress (TUC) Frances O'Grady will visit The Young Foundation offices.
Lunchtime seminar with David Lewis
Dr. David Lewis, professor of social policy at the LSE, will be giving a seminar entitled Crossing the boundaries between the ‘third sector' and the state
6SIX TelePresence- Creative Cities
The TelePresence series aims to contribute to the wider SIX aims of highlighting how social innovation strategies can become catalysts for change at a global level.
Young Foundation Labour Party fringe event
Fixing the Future - Manifesto Ideas towards 2015
Young Foundation Conservative Party fringe event
Fixing the Future - Manifesto ideas for 2015
Young Foundation Liberal Democrat Party fringe event
Fixing the Future - Manifesto Ideas towards 2015
Lunchtime seminar with Trisha Greenhalgh
Professor Trisha Greenhalgh, a non-principal GP in north London and Professor of Primary Health Care at University College London, will be coming to speak with us about a project called Sharing Stories. Sharing Stories helps people from minority ethnic groups suffering with diabetes manage their conditions with the help of bilingual health advocates.
Lunchtime seminar with Karl Barton
Karl Barton, head of the Woodthorpe Development Trust will be coming to give us a lunchtime seminar on his charity/social enterprise ‘Get Hooked on Life' (GHoL).
Lunchtime seminar with Lee Blake
Lee Blake, founder of 50fifty, gave a fascinating lunchtime seminar entitled "Anti-Social Behaviour Order (ASBO) 2 Entrepreneur."
Lunchtime seminar with Charles Armstrong
Charles Armstrong, founder of CIRCUS foundation, gave a lunchtime seminar entitled "Emergent Democracy".
UpRising - Year 2 Launch and Learning Session
Year 2 of UpRising was launched on 21 July 2009 in Canary Wharf.
SIX Summer School in Lisbon, Portugal
The second annual SIX conference entitled 'Recovery through innovation- a global perspective' was a great opportunity for leading practitioners of social innovation from around the world to learn from each other.
CANCELLED--Lunchtime Seminar with Andy Hobsbawm
Andy Hobsbawn, co-founder of Green Thing, will be giving a lunchtime seminar entitled "Do the Green Thing -- Creativity vs Climate Change".
Apprenticeship Pathfinder Project launch
This launch, part of the Local Wellbeing Project took place in the House of Lords.
Lunchtime Seminar with John Keane
Professor John Keane gave a lunchtime seminar entitled 'Monitory Democracy: The Secret History of Democracy Since 1945'.
LGA Conference
Nicola Bacon, Local Projects Director participated in a workshop showcasing the work of the Local Wellbeing Project
Social Innovation Camp
Social Innovation Camp goes to Scotland, Read about the six finalists.
'Breakthrough cities' report to be launched in Prague
'Breakthrough Cities': Launch of Young Foundation/British Council report on creativity and social innovation in cities in Prague, Czech Republic.
Lunchtime Seminar
Sophie Howarth, the director of the‘School of Life' and former Tate curator, visited the Young Foundation on 2 June to talk about her latest endeavour.
The Local Revolution: People Driving Change
Nicola Bacon, Local Projects Director led a workshop at this conference.
Organising, unions and social movements with Elaine Bernard
Dr Elaine Bernard, Executive Director, Labor and Worklife Program at Harvard Law School, visited the Young Foundation to give an evening seminar on her work - covering organising, unions and social movements.
Lunchtime Seminar with Richard Priestley
Richard Priestley gave a talk entitled 'Global Problems - Global Solutions'
Lunchtime Seminar by Judith Garfield of Eastside Community Heritage
Judith Garfield, director of Eastside Community Heritage, gave a presentation on their work in East London.
Innovation and Public Policy - Mark Moore lunchtime seminar
Professor Mark Moore, Harvard Kennedy School gave a seminar on his work, covering innovation and public policy.
Lunchtime Seminar
Sarah Wise, author of The Italian Boy: Murder and Grave-Robbery in the 1830s London, gave a seminar entitled 'The whole place deserved destruction: the Old Nichol slum in the 1880s'.
Lunchtime seminar
Professor Ricky Richardson joined us on 9 March to give a seminar entitled "eHealth: The Road Ahead."
The recession: we're all in it together
Can we develop shared strategies and practices for these tough economic times?
A cross sector event hosted by the CCLA, London Funders, London Regional ChangeUp Consortium, LVSC and the Young Foundation.
Lunchtime Seminar
Dr. Seldon, an authority on British history and education, gave a lecture entitled "What are we to do with our schools?"
Lunchtime seminar
Nina Grunfeld, the creator of Life Clubs joined us on 27 January to talk about her work.
EU Workshop on 'Europe and Social Innovation'
Young Foundation feed into European Union workshop on social innovation
Mind and Matter: The importance of psychological needs for public policy and civil society
This workshop forms part of the Unmet and Emerging needs research programme.
Social Innovation Camp
What happens when you get a bunch of software developers and social innovators together, give them a set of social problems and only 48 hours to solve them?
Lunchtime seminar
Carol McNaughton Nicholls gave a lunchtime seminar on her work with Housing First.
The Art of Public Strategy
This new book was launched at the RSA on Wednesday 26th November and will go on sale on 11 December.
Valuing Family, Valuing Work : British Muslim Women and the Labour Market
This event launched the London Development Agency's 'Valuing Family, Valuing Work: British Muslim Women and the Labour Market' report, written by Zamila Bunglawala, fellow of the Young Foundation.
Innovation 08
Health Launchpad participated in the NESTA run Innovation Live 08 conference on 12 November. The conference was aimed at those with an interest in transforming healthcare through the development of new services and different ways of working.
Leadership and values in difficult times
A lecture by Rosabeth Moss Kanter, one of the world's leading thinkers on leadership followed by the UpRising launch.
Lunchtime Seminar
Anita Schrader, Visiting Fellow at LSE gave a lunchtime seminar on her current research
The Local Wellbeing Conference
This ground-breaking conference showcased the work of the Local Wellbeing Project, featuring keynote addresses, case studies and debates.
The Science of Positive Psychology
In this lecture Dr Seligman presented the foundations of Positive Psychology as a science, how it has developed since he founded it in the US, and the potential for its practical replication in the UK.
Michael Young Memorial Lecture 2008
The Third Michael Young Memorial Lecture, took place on Wednesday 16 July, hosted by the Young Foundation, the Mile End Group, and Canary Wharf Group. Lord Michael Heseltine gave the keynote lecture reflecting on his extensive experience in urban regeneration and his role in the development of Canary Wharf.
The London Leadership Network Event: 'Working Together to Shape London's Future'
The inaugural London Leadership Network Event was held on 26 June 2008 at the Emirates Stadium.
Lord Guthrie lecture on war and its consequences
The Young Foundation co-hosted a lecture by Lord Charles Guthrie with the Mile End Group at Queen Mary, University of London.
Philanthrophy Today conference
Geoff Mulgan, director of the Young Foundation was the keynote speaker during the CEO and Trustee Summit in Washington on 4 May 2008.
Social Innovation Camp
What happens when you get a bunch of software developers and social innovators together, give them a set of social problems and only 48 hours to solve them?
Launch of the London Collaborative - Working together to shape London's future
This joint Young Foundation, Office of Public Management and Common Purpose project was officially launched at the BT Centre, St Pauls.
Launch of 'Just another Emperor? The myths and realities of philanthrocapitalism' by Michael Edwards
The London launch of 'Just another Emperor?' in association with Demos NY and Carnegie UK Trust took place at the RSA on Monday 10 March
Launch of Transformers: how local areas innovate to address changing social needs
The report was launched at a reception at NESTA on Tuesday 22 January
Summit on Social Enterprise
More than 600 representatives from the business sector, academia and non-governmental organisations participated in a summit on social enterprise in Hong Kong on 20 December 2007.
Studio Schools launch reception
The Young Foundation held a reception at the RSA to officially launch Studio Schools™ on Friday 4 December 2007.
Housing association involvement in neighbourhood working
The Local Innovation team were commissioned by CLG (Communities and Local Government) to organise a half day seminar in October 2007 to investigate the practical aspects of the Young Foundation’s recent research into housing associations’ role in neighbourhood working.
Seeing everything in black and white
On Tuesday 3 April 2007, Dame Mary Douglas, one of the world's most eminent social scientists and anthropologists gave a rare lecture at the UCL Cruciform Theatre.
The World in our Neighbourhoods
The Transforming Neighbourhoods team at the Young Foundation worked with Haringey Council to organise 'The World in our Neighbourhoods', a conference about globalisation, diversity and neighbourhoods, on December 11th 2006 at Tottenham Hotspur Football Club.
CRE Race Convention 2006
The Young Foundation was a partner of the Race Convention 2006 on the 27th and 28th of November 2006, with speakers including Geoff Mulgan, Rushanara Ali and Alessandra Buonfino.
Are power and ethics incompatible
What is the relationship between morality and power? Are governments inevitably amoral? Is the idea of moral progress meaningful? Prompted by the publication of Geoff Mulgan’s book Good and Bad Power: the ideals and betrayals of government (Penguin, 2006) this evening of discussion brought together well known thinkers from both political and religious backgrounds to talk about what, if anything, can be done to raise ethical standards in politics both in the UK and across the world.
Modern Islam, Multiculturalism and Secular Democracy: Perspectives from India
This talk was jointly organised by the Centre for Social Markets (CSM) and the Young Foundation to promote inter-cultural dialogue on one of the most important issues of our day.


























































































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