Our people
Islam Jalaita
Community Advisory Board
Islam brings 15 years’ experience, knowledge, understanding and strategic thinking, working with diverse communities to empower people to lead and nurture resilient communities.
Jack Layton
Place Research and Impact Manager, Institute for Community Studies
Jack is passionate about making our towns and cities better places to live, and his PhD thesis focused on the role of urban public sports facilities as social infrastructures. Jack has written several widely read and highly cited articles that have developed the concept of social infrastructure in a UK context. At The Young Foundation, he works to ensure people’s voices across the country are heard and their needs prioritised.
James Noble
NPC
Jana Tauschinski
Jana spent a year creating on-the-road podcasting for the University of St Andrews, working alongside community groups, social enterprises, and local initiatives across 11 European countries. As a mixed-methods researcher, passionate about participatory and peer approaches, Jana is interested in exploring creative and visual forms of communicating stories within research findings.
Jasper Morvaridi
Alumni
Jem Hai
Senior Researcher
Jem joined The Young Foundation in 2023 after having worked as a Research Assistant for a charity supporting children living in deprivation.
Jen Clayton
Social Innovation Programme Manager
With a background in designing and delivering support for social innovators, Jen has previously held roles in grant management delivery, challenge prize design, and business mentor brokering. She joined The Young Foundation in May 2021 and drives our Social Innovation Programme.
