Co-designed and co-created with Londoners, the Civic Strength Index was developed by The Young Foundation and funded by the GLA. It helps London boroughs and organisations support discussions about the strengths of their communities and consider how build on them.

Chief Executive summary: Amplify Youth is a programme funded by Credit Suisse and delivered by The Young Foundation. We work with young people aged 16-25 in challenging areas of East London, Dublin and Belfast. Our aim is to tackle the structural inequality experienced by young people across the UK and Ireland by exploring the most... Find out more

The Tower Hamlets Communities Driving Change (CDC) programme is a new way of supporting communities to thrive, in a borough where health inequalities are rife. It’s a new type of relationship between institutions and residents, and a change to who has control over local health and wellbeing priorities. It’s about working in an open way... Find out more

The Tower Hamlets Communities Driving Change (CDC) programme supports residents to take action for improved health and wellbeing in their communities. This involves hearing about the issues which matter to them, co-designing and developing grassroots solutions, and connecting them with other people, services and organisations to enable real change. Our new report shares the approach... Find out more

In the summer of 2020, the Tower Hamlets Communities Driving Change (CDC) team at The Young Foundation came together with FutureGov to understand how communities have responded to the public health challenge of Covid-19 to date as part of CDC. We wanted to explore how we can work together as a programme to ensure we... Find out more

Between late 2018 and early 2020, a team of community researchers from across Barking and Dagenham came together to explore experiences of living and working in the borough, and how change can happen to create a more cohesive community. The work came to an end just as the Covid-19 pandemic hit the UK in earnest.... Find out more

In 2017, we were commissioned by SPEAR, a charity supporting people experiencing homelessness in South & West London to evaluate their Homeless Health Link Service (HHLS) which is funded by Big Lottery Fund. In this evaluation we provide an independent review and report on how well the service achieved its aims and met its outcomes by:... Find out more

This handbook contains a collection of prompts, ideas and frameworks to help you think about opportunities for social action in your community. It aims to help you explore and discuss the things you love about the place you live, as well as identify and take action on the things that need to change.

Our Amplify work responds to the real, lived experiences of people and the communities in which they live. We share some of our learnings to date in this report.

As part of our work in Essex The Uttlesford Community Action Research; Community Action Zones project took a strengths-based approach to understanding social isolation and loneliness; focusing on people’s social connections and networks, rather than assuming social deficit.