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Can Shilpa Shetty become the UK's curry queen? (Sept 2009)

Sean Carey, a fellow at the Young Foundation, has written an article in the New Statesman on the current state of the Indian food industry in East London.

A moment with Eleanor Cappell (August 2009)

The UK's first social entrepreneur in residence talks with Social Enterprise magazine

Promoting wellbeing in parenting support (August 09)

Writing in Parenting UK, Yvonne Roberts, Senior Health Associate at the Young Foundation looks at the importance of promoting wellbeing in parenting support.

Considered in Isolation (July 2009)

When it comes to deprivation, are very small estates doubly disadvantaged? Early findings from a new study suggest size does matter, says Saffron Woodcraft.

My perk is your fiddle (June 2009)

Following the recent outrage over MPs' expenses, Sean Carey (Fellow of the Young Foundation) talks to Gerald Mars, who provides an anthropological take on the scandal.

Good Business (May 2009)

This article appeared in Your Weekend, a supplement distributed across New Zealand.

Cameron's script for a new localism must take its cue from the word on the street (April 2009)

The Conservatives' idea of localism falls a long way short of the real thing, argues Saffron Woodcraft

Soft Skills and starters for 10 (Feb 2009)

For all Gail Trimble's great intellect, we may have as much to learn from Jade Goody's educational path

A Silent Voice (Feb 2009)

Third Sector can limit damage of recession, says Geoff Mulgan

One Step Removed: The US Nonprofit Sector and the World (Winter 08)

This article appeared in the Winter 08 edition of the Non-Profit Quarterly

Feedback and Belonging: Explaining the Dynamics of Diversity (Jan 2009)

Geoff Mulgan sets out an emerging approach to social belonging that seeks to explain what makes people belong in a community and how they might belong more.

Can incentives really make people adopt a healthier lifestyle? (Jan 2009)

The time is ripe for an incentive programme to be introduced to encourage people to get healthy, argues Stian Westlake.