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"Yes, we should build a new airport in the sea" (October 2008)
By Research Fellow Sir Peter Hall.
A meritocracy? What an awfully 20th century idea (November 2010)
An Old Etonian is to marry an Old Marlburian. Young Foundation fellow Paul Barker asks whether social mobility has seized up?
A moment with Eleanor Cappell (August 2009)
The UK's first social entrepreneur in residence talks with Social Enterprise magazine.
After Capitalism (April 2009)
Writing in the April edition of Prospect magazine, Geoff Mulgan looks at the future of capitalism after the current recession.
All cannot have prizes (January 2009)
The world of education has been divided into two camps for at least a century.
An American Liberal (July 2007)
Intellectuals and politicians are often uncomfortable bedfellows.
Besieged in the East End, and only the BNP is listening (April 2006)
It’s taken the political class a long time to wake up to the concerns of the East End.
Calling an UpRising (May 2010)
How is it that the most politically heterogeneous cabinet in British history remained so glaringly homogeneous? We need to develop a new generation of leaders who really will reflect and represent Britain in all its diversity more urgently than ever.
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.
Can incentives really make people adopt a healthier lifestyle? ( January 2009)
Can a free gym pass persuade a middle-aged man to start exercising?
Considered in Isolation (July 2009)
When it comes to deprivation, are very small estates doubly disadvantaged?
Democracy should go past the ballot box into your everyday life (January 2009)
An interview from SEF News.
Developing a New Overview of London (October 2009)
Brigitte Gohdes talks to New Start magazine about developing a sense of 'London mission'.
Social Impact Bonds
Providing early and intensive intervention and prevention programmes saves money in the long run but who foots the bill in the first place? Mhairi Aylott explain what SIBs are, the potential and the problems.
Feedback and Belonging: Explaining the Dynamics of Diversity (Jan 2009)
This article sets out an emerging approach to social belonging that seeks to explain what makes people belong.
First Political Memory (May 2010)
Rushanara Ali writes about reconnecting people's everyday lives with politics through first political memories.
Fixed retirement rejects young spirit and old skill (April 2006)
From the Young Foundation lecture "Beyond Retirement" by Lord Browne.
Future Communities
The website brings together a bank of case studies and draws on a series of seminars.
Going Global - Social Innovation (March 2010)
Coverage of the Open Book of Social Innovation.
Good Business (May 2009)
This article appeared in Your Weekend, a supplement distributed across New Zealand.
Graduates don't need help getting jobs, do they? (July 2010)
Two years ago we created Fastlaners, a two week carefully-crafted programme which works with unemployed graduates from the East End of London.
Have you read? Digging for the Future (May 2010)
The 2010 election showed that the ongoing financial crisis has left more than a hole in our balance sheets.
If only we can teach resilience to those who need it (January 2010)
Comment piece from Yvonne Roberts on the capacity and potential to teach happiness and resilience.
In Praise of ... the Young Foundation (December 2009)
Our Sinking and Swimming report garnered an "In Praise of ..." leader in the Guardian.
Innovating in tough times (May 2010)
Innovation needs to be part of the discussion about public spending cuts, argues Nicola Bacon.
Innovating our way out of graduate unemployment (July 2010)
Higher education in the UK is among the best in the world. But since the recession many have started questioning whether the system is fit for purpose. During the past six months the Young Foundation has been investigating innovative new ways in which universities can adapt to changing demands.
Local power for local people (May 2006)
Why neighbourhoods should be at the heart of local government reform.
Mary Douglas remembered (June 2007)
Few thinkers have changed how we see the world; even fewer have changed how we think about how we see the world.
Maslaha's new online exhibition
An exciting exhibition about the constant mix of conversations that have occurred between Islamic people, cultures, societies and Europe
More than just rhubarb, rhubarb (July 2006)
Parish councils may seem synonymous with retired colonels discussing the state of the village green, but they could bring new life to urban neighbourhoods.
Moving Towards Local Dialogue 2.0 (June 2009)
The growth of new media could offer local authorities a way to connect with communities - if they tread carefully.
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.
Neighbouring's golden age... and the way we live now (June 2006)
By Patrick Butler, editor of Society Guardian.
Observations: come to the parties (October 2006)
By Geoff Mulgan and published in the New Statesman.
One Step Removed: The US Nonprofit Sector and the World (Winter 08)
From The Non-Profit Quatrerly.
Opening the doors to apprenticeships (July 2010)
Britain has a long history of Apprenticeships dating back to the Middle Ages. Today around 80,000 young people embark on Apprenticeships each year. But despite their proven effectiveness perceptions that Apprenticeships are 'blue collar' roles of lower status are slow to change.
Parenting (May 2010)
Over the past decade the family has come of age as a major political battleground in the UK, writes Yvonne Roberts
Powers to the People (August 2008)
Nicola Bacon, Local Projects Director, writes on 'Giving up power to make empowerment a reality?'.
Pressing needs (July 2006)
By Geoff Mulgan and Alessandra Buonfino and published in The Guardian.
Promoting wellbeing and neighbourliness (May 2008)
From Solace, Society of Local Authority Chief Executives.
Promoting wellbeing in parenting support (August 09)
Writing in Parenting UK, Yvonne Roberts, former Senior Associate at the Young Foundation looks at the importance of promoting wellbeing in parenting support.
Social Impact Bonds Briefing (February 2011)
Over the past two years, interest in Social Impact Bonds (SIBs) has been growing. Nicola Bacon offers a briefing in the Local Government Chronicle on these new tools of investment.
Social Impact Bonds in Criminal Justice: from interesting idea to business as usual
Young Foundation researcher Mhairi Aylott and Programme Leader for Innovation and Justice at the Young Foundation Anton Shepulnov explore the potential for using Social Impact Bonds in criminal justice, in an article originally published in the Prison Service Journal.
Spotlight: Living with Dementia (May 2010)
There are 700,000 people with dementia in the UK. This is expected to soar to 1.7 million and unsurprisingly services are struggling to cope
Teaching Resilience in Schools (June 2010)
Nicola Bacon writes about teaching resilience in schools for SOLACE.
The Big Society - We're already doing it (August 2010)
Written by Geoff Mulgan and published in The Sunday Times.
This is Brittle Britain, anxious and stressed (December 2009)
Comment piece on the unmet needs in Britain today by Geoff Mulgan.
Unhappy days are here again (June 2010)
As Britain faces a new era of austerity, Young Foundation Fellow Paul Barker looks back at powerful documentary photographs from an earlier era of recession and protest.
Update from the Young Foundation director (May 2010)
Geoff Mulgan on the post election landscape, and the implications for our work ahead.
We can harness people's power to drive change (March 2010)
Our report on Public Services and Civil Society, commissioned by the Cabinet Office, was launched with an article in the Society Guardian.
Why Labour is losing the working class (April 2006)
By Frank Field MP and published in The Daily Telegraph.
Spring 2011 Newsletter - Action for Happiness
Today sees the launch of Action for Happiness - a new mass movement to create a happier society - which already has 4000 members from over 65 counties. For the past four years the Young Foundation has worked to understand what makes people happy.
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