Reports and research
Covid-19 and community life: the people’s strategy
29 October 2020 | Authors: Alice Bell, Eve Avdoulos, Jana Tauschinski,
As new restrictions are implemented across the UK, over two-thirds of participants reported feeling as though the government have been handling the coronavirus pandemic badly. But what would they do differently? We asked 125 people across the country to imagine
Covid-19 and community life: divided we stand?
30 September 2020 | Authors: Alice Bell, Eve Avdoulos, Jana Tauschinski,
As part of our Covid-19 Community Life study, generously supported by a Wellcome Trust Public Engagement grant, this report is the first snapshot of insights. As the pandemic arrived on UK shores, the country was already sharply divided. We had
Contentious citizens: Civil society’s role in campaigning for social change
1 May 2007 | Authors: Kate Lalor, Paul Hilder,
This paper traces the story of campaigning for progressive social change from its origins in the late eighteenth century through to the present day, analysing a range of British campaigns from “The Chartist movement” to “Make Poverty History, and international
Connect: Patients and the Power of Data
1 March 2011 | Authors: John Loder, Sylvia Wyatt,
Information is the lifeblood of high quality healthcare. There have been huge technological advances about how it can be used and by whom, which have been under utilised by the NHS. It is now possible to give people control over
Community, not catastrophe
2 April 2025 | Authors: Helen Goulden OBE,
When disaster strikes, local people and communities step up. This report calls for them to be recognised as part of our Critical National Infrastructure in times of crisis.
Community Powered Change: Telling stories, growing ideas
8 May 2017 | Authors: Alice Neeson, Becca Bor, Rebecca Watterson,
Part of our places programme, Amplify NI was a major five-year initiative to support people in Northern Ireland to take action together, to create fairer communities where everyone can thrive. The programme brought people and organisations from all parts of
Communities Driving Change: shifting local systems
23 December 2020 | Authors:
This programme supported residents in Tower Hamlets to take action for improved health and wellbeing in their communities, co-designing and developing grassroots solutions to enable real change.
Communities Driving Change: our journey to systemic change
24 December 2020 | Authors:
In a borough where health inequalities are rife, this project imagined a new type of relationship between institutions and residents, shifting control over local health and wellbeing priorities.
Communities Driving Change: Covid-19 response to recovery
21 December 2020 | Authors: Nasima Begum,
A 2020 report from the Tower Hamlets Communities Driving Change (CDC) team at The Young Foundation and FutureGov.
Communities Can: Final Evaluation Report
22 March 2017 | Authors:
Communities Can was a 2-year pilot to test how best to provide organisational development support for small community groups, set out to demonstrate how they can be supported, and what they can achieve as a result. The Big Lottery Fund and
Commissioning Futures: A Guide for Schools
4 May 2018 | Authors: Amanda Hill-Dixon,
A good-practice guide to support schools to more effectively commission innovative services, especially those that aim to tackle educational inequality.
Combining research methods in a study of the UK’s unmet needs
1 July 2008 | Authors:
The complexity of trying to understand and examine social needs in society has highlighted the fact that a mixed methods approach to research is needed, combining quantitative and qualitative research methods. The Mapping Needs programme explored and shed light to