The Department of Social Development have funded the Young Foundation to support innovations which have already started to make an impact in order to help them scale.
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Ideas, as well as people, now move more freely. We have put new models, drawn from other classes and other parts of the world, before the local people, creating new aspirations and new ideas.Michael Young and Peter Willmott.
Family and Kinship in East London, 1957
Gathering momentum through conversation and dialogue in Leeds
Thank you Leeds for sharing with us your experiences and the challenges that you face.
Find out moreWhat connects people in Leeds?
How can we come together as a community to tackle inequality? And how can we make our shared hopes a reality?
Find out moreSocial innovation hardware & software
A blog from Gorka Espiau, Director of Innovation for Cities and Regions.
Find out moreSocial innovation is one way out of the inequality cycle
Despite high levels of inequality, there is also a deep resilience and passion for creativity and ingenuity in Northern Ireland.
Find out moreCommunicating change to frontline staff
Improving service delivery is important. We believe that whenever possible, it should be co-designed with practitioners and users – just as the model for integrated care in Islington is being. To realise the full potential of improvements to services, it is crucial that people delivering and using it understand and feel comfortable with the changes. That’s why The Young... Find out more
Focusing on what works, not just what is new
This blog is the first of a series that looks at five features the programme has identified that support organisations to replicate effectively and build an evidence-base for their work. Each of these features is explored in the Realising Ambition mid-programme report. Here Tim Hobbs and Cassandra Ohlson from the Social Research Unit explore the... Find out more
Frances Beecher, on the need for collaboration in Wales
On Friday 24th October the Young Foundation is launching a collaboration with Llamau in Wales to begin a a new movement. Ahead of the event, Frances Beecher, CEO of Llamau shares her thoughts on the challenges ahead and the need for greater collaboration. It’s very hard to believe that we are out of the recession and everything... Find out more
Ambition is critical
As we hit 25,000 followers on twitter, Tony Colville, Partnerships lead at The Young Foundation, starts a monthly reflection on new partnerships, new programmes and plans for collaboration. For more on our new partnerships follow us @tony_colville @the_young_fdn If I ask my friends what they know of Swansea, the beautiful coastal town of South Wales,... Find out more
A revolutionary approach to solving urban challenges
The Young Foundation is working with Innovate York on GeniUS! Open – an approach which aims to revolutionise the way citizens and local organisations can propose ideas to solve social, economic and environmental problems in their city. GeniUS! was developed by Science City York and City of York Council. It is now being piloted with... Find out more