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Thoughts In Progress

Thoughts In Progress (TIPS) is an informal place to communicate our ideas and thinking. Themes range from education to criminal justice, health to social innovation. Contributions will be made by Young Foundation staff and fellows. Subscribe via RSS.

Tips

The Young Foundation's 12 economies framework

The Young Foundation has developed an economies and efficiencies framework for public sector organisations.

Freedom of the Internet and circumvention software

How can we free up the internet so information is free and accessible by all?

World Innovation Summit in Education - what next?

Yvonne Roberts, Senior Associate at the Young Foundation, recently attended the WISE conference in Dohar, Qatar.

Working Papers

Financing social value: implementing Social Impact Bonds

In this new working paper, the Young Foundation argues that stronger links between finance and future social outcomes are desirable and attainable. PM Gordon Brown also mentioned social impact bonds in his Smarter Government speech.

Metropolitan metrics: Measuring and comparing London's success

The London collaborative has been working with network members and policy officers to help test and develop thinking on the benefits, use and focus of a set of London-wide measures of success.

Local 2.0?

Through our work on neighbourhoods and community empowerment, the role of online social networking and other 'web 2.0' applications at the very local level has emerged as something that needs more exploration.

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