Our approach
Our experience and expertise
With experience staff specialising in research, innovation, participatory policy-making, evidence-building, and environmental justice, we work collaboratively to inform societal change and drive a fairer, greener future.
Innovation and Practice
We build partnerships with communities, public systems, and enterprise to drive social innovation and shape new ways of working.
Our innovation and practice work
Institute for Community Studies
The Young Foundation’s evidence centre, we influence long-term societal change, bridging the gaps between UK communities, academia and policymaking.
Our Institute for Community Studies
Just Transition and Sustainability
We co-create policy and identify the changes needed for a fair, sustainable, and socially transformative shift to net zero.
Environmental justice and sustainability
Research
We engage communities in participatory, qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods research, driving immediate, ongoing and practical impact in UK places.
Our research projects and programmes
How we work
We understand
We work with local people, governments, businesses and policymakers, developing research to uncover insights, new evidence and data to support social innovation.
Our reports and researchWe involve
We actively involve people in research and innovation, and strengthen the relationships between communities and the organisations that influence their wellbeing.
Work with usWe innovate
We create initiatives that involve people from diverse sectors, supporting game-changing ventures and incubating ground-breaking organisations to shape a fairer future.
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