Reports and publications
Managing the risks of neighbourhood governance
1 August 2010 | Authors: Saffron Woodcraft,
This discussion paper puts forward a framework for managing the risks of neighbourhood governance: There are strong arguments in support of neighbourhoods being given the powers to act on very local issues, to control local liveability services and community assets,
Making Waves
16 March 2016 | Authors:
The Young Foundation’s Amplify programmes across cities and regions in the UK and beyond are platforms of interconnected research, community development and innovation support designed to spark new ideas for tackling structural inequalities which respond to the real, lived experiences
Making the most of local innovations
1 November 2007 | Authors:
Making the most of local innovations – What makes places innovative and how local innovations can be best exploited’ is an interim report introducing the Young Foundation and Nesta research project about local social innovation and what makes places innovative.
Making Impact Real: How to encourage public–private investment for public services and foster innovative, sustainable and inclusive growth in Europe
9 October 2015 | Authors:
Launch of policy paper (Brussels, 10 November 2015) The Young Foundation with the support of Unipol Group (the mutual and second largest insurance group in Italy) has completed a pioneering research project on the role of social investment in the
Making Good our Future: Exploring the Boundaries of Open and Social Innovation in Manufacturing
11 May 2015 | Authors: Filippo Addarii,
As part of the Social Innovation Europe initiative, the European Commission has published a policy paper, “Making Good our Future” authored by a Young Foundation team. The paper explores the intersection between social innovation, open source ICT, the maker movement
London Civic Strength Index
18 October 2021 | Authors: Jana Tauschinski,
Co-designed and co-created with Londoners, this Index helps boroughs and organisations across the capital consider the strengths of their communities and how build on them.
Local Wellbeing: Can We Measure It?
30 September 2008 | Authors:
The concept and language of wellbeing was first introduced at the local level through the Local Government Act 2000. The Act included a new power of wellbeing, providing local authorities with the power to do whatever they consider necessary to
Local knowledge, national potential
16 April 2024 | Authors: Charlene Stagon,
Activity, emerging insights and lessons learned through the first six months of the UKRI-funded Community Knowledge Fund programme.
Local democracy and neighbourhood governance
4 July 2006 | Authors:
Democracy can flourish in many different ways. It is presently evolving as fresh demands for and practices of participation fall in with and challenge the representative process. Our work has found that arguments between participation and representation prove sterile when
Local 2.0: How digital technology empowers local communities
30 May 2012 | Authors: Mandeep Hothi,
Local 2.0 was a Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) funded project that aimed to learn how local communities can be empowered through social media and other digital technologies. Between April 2010 and April 2012 we supported communities in
Listen, Participate, Transform: A social media framework for local government
30 June 2010 | Authors: Mandeep Hothi,
This think-piece, the second in a series from the Young Foundation’s Local 2.0 project, provides local authorities with a simple, practical framework to base their social media activity on. For those working in local government, social media is soon to
Lighting the Touchpaper: Growing the Market for Social Investment in England
1 November 2011 | Authors: Will Norman,
The UK has a long history of developing innovative approaches to meeting social needs. With the establishment of Big Society Capital and the development of new products such as social impact bonds the UK led the world in this area.