Inequality
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Report shares recommendations from our Kickstart experience
News 21 July 2022
As our final cohort of young researchers finish their placement, we shares key learnings and reflections
Helping Londoners grow skills and salaries through the cost-of-living crisis
News 15 July 2022
We’re supporting a new £2m programme, helping people across England’s capital city access employment and skills.
Young people propose solutions to youth mental health crisis
News 28 March 2022
New research – led by 16- to 20-year-olds and conducted with 10- to 21-year-olds in England – shares a youth vision for a healthier, happier post-Covid future.
‘More must be done to confront online racism’
Blog 18 February 2022
Research led and directed by peer researchers on the Kickstart scheme explores the role social media plays in amplifying discrimination, hate and abuse.
Response to the Levelling Up White Paper
Publication 14 February 2022
Our report addresses the ‘missions’ of the government’s Levelling Up White Paper and proposes action to work ‘radically differently’ by involving local people and communities to drive meaningful change.
Government publishes plans to address UK inequality
News 2 February 2022
The delayed Levelling Up White Paper pledges a ‘huge shift of power’ towards local people.
Report finds postgraduates seeking ‘a sense of belonging’
News 1 February 2022
Ethnic minority postgraduate researchers share their experiences of discrimination at small and specialist institutions.
Kickstart reports – sprint two
Publication 20 January 2022
A report designed and created by young people on the Kickstart scheme, exploring experiences of financial literacy.
Beyond the ‘blah, blah, blah’: we need a new kind of climate activism
Blog 4 November 2021
Helen Goulden reflects on people power and partnership as tools for change – and says the cacophony around COP26 speaks volumes.
For ‘levelling up’ to have lasting impact, we must start by ‘levelling in’
Blog 5 October 2021
The government has pledged greater support for downtrodden regions of the UK – but change must be informed by people it most affects, says Lydia Ragoonanan
Levelling the field as we move to net zero
News 29 September 2021
The Young Foundation’s Institute for Community Studies is launching a landmark research project, which will build an actionable framework for responding to the UK’s transition to net zero, and understanding how this shift will affect families and the communities in which they live.
Job interviews disadvantage those on the autism spectrum. Here’s how.
Blog 24 August 2021
Interviews are a standard process in recruitment – but are they a fair way of assessing potential candidates?