Fairness Taskforce
The Fairness Taskforce in Luton is a cross-sector and community-centred network, working to identify and overcome structural barriers on a range of social, economic, and environmental challenges.
Creating the force for change
With funding from the National Lottery Community Fund (NLCF), we are working in partnership with Luton Borough Council, Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation (BLCF) and the University of Bedfordshire to promote equity, social justice and inclusion for all in the town.
The NCLF is providing funding to support Luton, along with six other areas, to shape and influence how partnership working can take place across the UK.
Learning and leadership
The Young Foundation is the lead partner on two core parts of this work:
Learning
The taskforce is informed by local people’s lived experiences, coming together to explore what needs to change, and working collaboratively to make that change. The principles of shared learning and evaluation are hardwired into the process, applied across places, sectors and silos.
The Young Foundation is focused on impact and process, gathering insights and sharing what is changing and how that change is happening nationally.
Leadership
Leading Luton is a practical learning journey to reimagine and redefine community leadership for social justice in Luton. It centres around peer connection, exploration and inquiry, systems thinking, and collaboration.
Get involved
As part of Luton Borough Council’s ground breaking Fairness Taskforce, and thanks to funding from the National Lottery Community Fund, we are working with local organisations on an action learning programme that will help re-imagine and redefine community leadership and social justice in Luton.
The first cohort of Leading Luton completed in September 2025. Applications to join the next cohort are now open and will close on 31 October 2025.
Join Luton's next generation of leaders
About the programme
Creating ‘a town built on fairness’
Community leadership Community needs and priorities Innovation and Investment Local economies30 April 2024
With a new £1.9m award from the National Lottery Community Fund, we're building on our recent work in the Luton area, working with local communities to help overcome social, economic, and environmental challenges 1/4
Luton’s ‘next generation of changemakers’
Housing and regeneration Inequality Local economies Local government and public services4 November 2024
New programme to help re-imagine and redefine community leadership for social justice in Luton. 2/4
‘A time to recharge, renew – and participate in your future’
Civil society Community Community leadership Covid COVID-19 Peer research Social action19 January 2022
The Young Foundation starts 2022 with a focus on collective energy. Helen Goulden reflects on the challenges and opportunities ahead. 3/4
Leading Luton
Community needs and priorities Community wellbeing Housing and regeneration Local economies Social innovation11 October 2024
THIS OPPORTUNITY HAS NOW CLOSED Our action learning programme will recruit its second cohort in September 2025, helping to reimagine and redefine community leadership for social justice in Luton. 4/4