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Principles for participation at Pushing Boundaries

A shared set of principles for speakers and attendees at Pushing Boundaries, based on discussions with an accountability group of community researchers, citizen scientists and peer researchers.

Dr Alice Mpofu-Coles

Dr Alice Mpofu-Coles is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Reading, working on community research projects and sits on the Race Equality and the University of Sanctuary strategy team.

Hannah Yu-Pearson

Hannah works across multiple programme streams at Centric Lab and facilitates the Community Health Impact Assessment Programme.

Professor Alison Park

Professor Alison Park is Deputy Executive Chair of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).

Stian Westlake

Stian Westlake is Executive Chair of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).

Civic Impact Dashboard user feedback event

1 July 2025
11:00am – 12:30pm

Join The Young Foundation’s civic impact dashboard design team to share your views and help us develop the prototype, ready for final launch at the CiviCon25 conference in October. 

Report warns green housing upgrades fail to reach London’s most vulnerable

News 8 May 2025

Research finds barriers to public participation as the capital pushes towards net zero with home retrofitting.

A just transition in London’s retrofits

Publication 8 May 2025

A report drawing on extensive participatory research with Londoners, examining widespread barriers to retrofit participation, including affordability concerns, distrust in providers, and lack of accessible information. 

Data Scientist Contractor

Vacancy 7 May 2025

We are looking for a collaborative data scientist, ready to work with colleagues across The Young Foundation, and with our partner organisations. This is a temporary (five month) contract, starting ASAP until 1 November 2025.

A Just Transition in Retrofits

8 May 2025
2:00pm – 5:00pm

Join our discussion on research findings and support for greener, healthier homes for all Londoners

Jenna Fowler

Person 24 April 2025

Jenna has worked in private and non-profit sectors, using data to understand problems and propose unique solutions. She is interested in how data analysis methods can be applied to help tackle policy issues, specifically those related to inequality.

Pushing Boundaries

10 June 2025
9:30am – 4:45pm

Join The Young Foundation and UKRI at a new conference for community-driven research and innovation

Community research

We are a not-for-profit tackling societal issues with a collaborative, multi-disciplinary approach.

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Social innovation

Involving people from diverse sectors to shape game-changing initiatives.

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