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New report tells a story of participation in regeneration
10 September 2025
Deputy Mayor of London for Environment and Energy, Mete Coban, visits Thamesmead to hear lessons of community involvement in placemaking
£15k funding opportunity for youth, sport, and outdoor organisations
8 September 2025
New programme, delivered in partnership with UK Youth and Sport England, will support 30 practitioners to embed physical activity into young people’s lives.
MPs confronted with their communities’ broken dreams in Parliament
1 September 2025
A striking new exhibition, the Museum of Broken Dreams, opens in Parliament, telling the stories of community-led projects that could have transformed lives but never reached their potential.
A huge thank you and a fond farewell to CEO Helen Goulden
4 August 2025
Helen Goulden OBE to step down as Chief Executive of The Young Foundation in September 2025, following a transformative and inspiring eight-year tenure.
East London and Essex communities to help shape Thames Freeport
1 August 2025
Collaborative project brings organisations and communities together to create a great place to live and work today, and in decades to come.
Only a third of Brits think the government would support them to recover after a crisis
22 July 2025
Following the UK government’s Resilience Action Plan, our latest data explores Brits’ attitudes towards crisis preparedness and response.
£6m project will drive academic evidence in public policymaking
15 July 2025
£5.9m-programme will champion and strengthen evidence-informed policymaking
Report warns green housing upgrades fail to reach London’s most vulnerable
8 May 2025
Research finds barriers to public participation as the capital pushes towards net zero with home retrofitting.
Report calls for a ‘whole society’ approach to crisis planning
2 April 2025
Our CEO says ‘neighbours are more supportive than government’ when crisis hits.
Joining up for a sustainable future
13 March 2025
Partner organisations host launch of new research centre for Joined Up Sustainability Transformations in the North of England
Spark Awards to ignite youth innovation
28 February 2025
Accelerating our work to amplify youth voice and action, we’re collaborating with Big Change to deliver the Spark Awards, supporting 18 to 25-year-olds to reimagine the future and create deep-rooted lasting change.
What does ‘good’ university collaboration look like?
26 February 2025
We are gathering evidence of what’s working when universities in England engage with with students and local communities, or on civic climate education.