Blog
‘We face challenging times – but the solutions are available to us all’
29 January 2025 | Authors: Helen Goulden OBE,
As we launch into a turbulent and troubled 2025, our CEO Helen Goulden says The Young Foundation’s vision for a better-connected and fairer society is as vital as ever.
‘In this moment of hope, let’s change the ‘net zero’ narrative’
5 July 2024 | Authors: Emily Morrison,
It’s time to ‘humanise’ our understanding of the opportunity for green change and growth, says Emily Morrison
CiviCast: on air
4 June 2024 | Authors: Tania Carregha,
Tania Carregha talks to NCIA’s John Fell about her experiences of community engagement and her research as a key delivery partner of the NCIA programme.
Perspectives from a Citizen Researcher
2 April 2024
Rebecca shares her experiences of Citizen Science work
CiviCast: A history of the Civic University movement
7 March 2024 | Authors: Tania Carregha,
In this podcast, our Senior Research Manager Tania Carregha interviews Professor John Goddard OBE.
‘A community space, a pub, and better lighting in public spaces’
2 February 2024 | Authors: Leonie Taylor,
What do communities need? Leonie Taylor reflects on the realities of engaging local people in planning strategies and highlights the importance of peer research as a driver for change.
‘From incarceration to transformation’: creating homes for former prisoners
25 January 2024
Darryn Frost QGM says the Community Knowledge Fund grant awarded to his organisation was a catalyst for positive change, ensuring prison-leavers are seen, heard and housed.
‘Raising our expectation of participation’
29 November 2023 | Authors: Helen Goulden OBE,
We launch our new five-year strategy at a time of great challenge and division, says our CEO, Helen Goulden – and everyone in the UK should experience the power of participation to affect meaningful change
‘With true collaboration, people can shape the places they live’
22 March 2023 | Authors: Helen Goulden OBE,
What’s on your doorstep? Helen Goulden welcomes the 15-Minute Neighbourhood concept, helping communities access the services and amenities they feel are important.
The shoebox and the season ticket
28 September 2020
Over the last three to four years we have collectively been increasingly focused on place; both as a way of framing the inherent complexity and interconnectedness of today’s social challenges but also because of the huge inequalities which exist across and within different regions across the UK.