This report reveals a significant gap between the activities of the London Olympics 2012 development agencies and the expectations of small local businesses.

How to generate innovation in the public sector

This report was commissioned by Local Government Improvement and Development to investigate how local authorities and the voluntary and community sector (VCS) can work more productively together.

This publication argues that the new social economy emerging in the present century will be led by social innovation.

This work is part of the Young Foundation's Mapping Unmet and Emerging Needs project, which culminated in the release of Sinking and swimming: understanding Britain's unmet needs report.

Can wellbeing and sustainability agendas be mutually reinforcing? This report looks at how local approaches can improve wellbeing and environmental sustainability.

This report is part of the Needs project and focuses on the needs of young people in Bedford.

A discussion paper on how financial support should best be provided to local, voluntary and community organisations.

This is the first report from our work in progress on innovation and efficiency. It looks at how local government can think creatively about innovation against the backdrop of the need for rigorous efficiencies.

This report examines the experience of living alone in later life and the way in which social relationships are organised now is significantly different than in the past.

How can wellbeing be measured at the local level in ways which are both robust and useful to local authorities and its strategic partners?

A report commissioned by the Commission on Unclaimed Assets on mapping Britains unmet needs.

CABE commissioned the Young Foundation to carry out a review of value assessment methodologies

Working with the London Borough of Lewisham this report focuses on understanding attitudes towards parenthood at a young age.

A Tool for Dealing with Conflict in Communities.

This first discussion paper from our Future Communities Programme focuses on the ways in which new housing developments can become sustainable communities.

Reaching young people who are disadvantaged or disengaged from apprenticeships.

This publication sets out a 'new deal' in how best to reconnect political parties with the public.

In this report, Geoff Mulgan argues that governments have learned a lot over the last 30 years about how to be more efficient and take customers more seriously.

How to spot small successes in the public sector and make them big.

This Young Foundation report is the culmination of an extensive two year study.

Social innovations - new ideas that work to meet pressing unmet needs - are all around us.  The world today faces a serious innovation gap.

What is youth leadership? This report asks how best we can support and nurture the development of young leaders.

This report offers an overview of the evidence used to develop our six scenarios of the future of London.

This new toolkit aims to encourage a different approach to the entrenched problems on small housing estates.

This short document was produced at the start of the London Collaborative programme to provide an overview.

A discussion about the potential for communities to play a significant role in designing, planning and delivering local public services.

This report explores apprenticeships and how it impacts employers, parents and young people in Hertfordshire, Manchester and South Tyneside local authorities.

This report reviews the role of neighbourhood charters and calls for action in a repertoire of practical tools for neighbourhood problem-solving.

This report summarises the lessons learned from the Transforming Neighbourhoods Programme.

This report, written by Zamila Bunglawala, was launched on Monday 24 November.

This report explores what helps make a successful transition and how best to support the most vulnerable.

This report was written by Geoff Mulgan, Tom Steinberg and Omar Salem.