Health & wellbeing
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Data and the patient – The Young Foundation and Health
Publication 20 March 2013
We believe the major issues facing the NHS cannot be solved without changing the way the NHS uses information. The NHS need to be more proactive, integrated, and patient centred, or it will crumble under the twin pressures of an
Covid-19 and community life: why are cases rising?
Publication 8 October 2020
As part of our Covid-19 Community Life study, generously supported by a Wellcome Trust Public Engagement grant, this report is the second snapshot of insights. With Covid-19 cases rising, and restrictions tightening again, this snapshot responds to a turning point

Connect: Patients and the Power of Data
Publication 1 March 2011
Information is the lifeblood of high quality healthcare. There have been huge technological advances about how it can be used and by whom, which have been under utilised by the NHS. It is now possible to give people control over
Building Bridges, Building Health Report
Publication 4 December 2018
In 2017, we were commissioned by SPEAR, a charity supporting people experiencing homelessness in South & West London to evaluate their Homeless Health Link Service (HHLS) which is funded by Big Lottery Fund. In this evaluation we provide an independent review
Being Seen, Being Heard: promoting emotional wellbeing for children and young people
Publication 30 September 2012
This document sets out research and recommendations for a school-based approach to promote emotional wellbeing amongst children and young people in Buckinghamshire. It focuses on supporting schools and local agencies to promote mental health interventions to boost mental wellbeing of
BAME Needs Assessment West Sussex: Community Engagement
Publication 7 November 2015
This summary reports the results of an independent community engagement and research study carried out as part of a Needs Assessment for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) groups within West Sussex. The work was delivered by The Young Foundation,
A just transition in retrofits
Publication 16 January 2025
London’s journey to net zero must be an inclusive and fair ‘just transition’ – and that requires adapting and insulating in 2.2m homes. This report explores equitable uptake of retrofits.

‘Tenacity and environmental justice: my childhood in Toxic Town’
Blog 11 March 2025
Our Senior Researcher Leonie Taylor shares her memories growing up in Corby – a place currently dramatised in a Netflix miniseries – says a ‘just transition’ belongs to the people.

‘Politics and profits are blocking our path to more inclusive, equal workplaces’
Blog 26 June 2024
Building on recent research, Alice Bell says policymakers and business-leaders need to talk, think and act differently on EDI.
