Reports and publications

The Value and Role of Citizen Engagement in Social Innovation

1 June 2013 | Authors: Anna Davies,

Engagement practices have particular value for the development of effective social innovations. In particular, this report argues that some forms of engagement will enable a better understanding of needs so that appropriate solutions can be developed. Participation practices can also

Beyond GDP: Measuring social progress at the local level

30 May 2013 | Authors: Lucia Caistor-Arendar, Nina Mguni,

The aim of the Beyond GDP project was to expand our understanding of how we measure societal progress at a local level – in other words, to going beyond monetary measurements to look at the many other aspects which affect

Growing Community Organising

16 May 2013 | Authors: Mandeep Hothi,

We define community organising as the process of supporting individuals to come together to improve their communities by putting pressure on institutions, businesses and governments to act. Community organisers work to identify local leaders, bring together local groups and develop campaigns and actions

Amplify: Local campaigning in a digital world

14 May 2013 | Authors: Sophie Hostick-Boakye,

This toolkit is designed to help community organisations use the free and low cost web tools already widely available. Between April 2011 and March 2013 The Young Foundation, as part of the Building Local Activism programme supported by the Big

Growing Social Innovation in Northern Ireland

12 April 2013 | Authors: Catherine Russell, Declan Mackin, Karen Clarke, Will Norman,

There is a growing recognition that new and innovative approaches are required to meet the social, economic and environmental difficulties we are facing. The field of social innovation is developing rapidly. Across the world, millions of people are creating new

The Whats, The Whys and The Hows

5 April 2013 | Authors: Gemma Rocyn Jones,

An introduction to social investment for youth sector organisations. This briefing was prepared as part of the Catalyst Investment Readiness Programme, offered by the Young Foundation. Catalyst was a consortium of four organisations working with the Department for Education as

From Growing Interest to Interest Grown: Is the youth sector ready for social investment?

31 March 2013 | Authors: Gemma Rocyn Jones,

Being a young person in the UK today is tough. Unemployment, failures in the education system and high levels of young people not in education, employment or training are being compounded by cuts to youth services and funding for voluntary youth sector

Let’s talk about Stop and Search

30 March 2013 | Authors: Sophie Hostick-Boakye,

Relationships between young people and the police can be tense and are often exacerbated by difficult stop and search encounters. Stop and search procedures are one of the key touch points between police and young people and most understand the

Eyes on the Horizon, Feet on the Ground: A Journey to find Humanitarian Education Outcomes

27 March 2013 | Authors: Gill Allbutt, Mhairi Aylott, Tessa Hibbert, Tim Sanders,

This cartoon was created as part of the Catalyst Consortium’s report “Noticing the Change.” This report contains an overview of the process and learning undertaken by three youth organisations which agreed to pilot an outcomes approach in their work with

Stimulating and supporting innovation within your organisation & system – Health at The Young Foundation

20 March 2013 | Authors: John Loder, Laura Dosanjh, Sue Nunn,

The bedrock of the NHS is currently shifting. The future stage has been set by huge structural changes, a need for massive savings, the necessity of working across partnerships and sectors, all combined with a renewed drive to truly put

The NHS and Civil Society – The Young Foundation and Health

20 March 2013 | Authors: John Loder, Laura Dosanjh, Sue Nunn,

We believe that the NHS needs to access the strengths of civil society to do its job in the 21st century. To cope with the changing disease burden and growing financial pressures, the NHS needs to take advantage of the

Data and the patient – The Young Foundation and Health

20 March 2013 | Authors: John Loder, Laura Dosanjh, Sue Nunn,

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