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Kickstarting careers in research
Publication 21 July 2022
This report shares learnings from The Young Foundation’s participation in the Department for Work and Pensions’ Kickstart Scheme.
Helping Londoners grow skills and salaries through the cost-of-living crisis
News 15 July 2022
We’re supporting a new £2m programme, helping people across England’s capital city access employment and skills.
Report finds social enterprises funded by The Young Academy benefit 1.8m learners
News 20 April 2022
Social investment fund, set up by The Young Foundation, UBS and the Cabinet Office to tackle disadvantage in education, shares learnings from eight years of flexible and patient finance.
Young people propose solutions to youth mental health crisis
News 28 March 2022
New research – led by 16- to 20-year-olds and conducted with 10- to 21-year-olds in England – shares a youth vision for a healthier, happier post-Covid future.
Report finds postgraduates seeking ‘a sense of belonging’
News 1 February 2022
Ethnic minority postgraduate researchers share their experiences of discrimination at small and specialist institutions.
‘Empowering young people will drive better mental health support’
Blog 25 January 2022
Having struggled with her own mental health, 16-year-old Eva Woods is currently working as a peer researcher in secondary schools, talking to other young people seeking support.
Growing to build resilient jobs, homes and purpose
Feature 10 December 2021
New Meaning – a skills centre preparing young people for careers in the building trade – seeks “to level the playing field so everyone has an opportunity.”
‘No more dead ends’
Feature 10 December 2021
With support from the BOOST scheme, Career Ear provides tools, skills and advice to help people find secure career paths that aren’t at risk of automation
Game on: embracing the employability power of gaming
Feature 10 December 2021
Two organisations – Speakers for Schools and Game Academy – have come together to help young people recognise the transferable skills they use when they play video games.
Kickstart reports – sprint one
Publication 26 November 2021
Reports designed and created by young people on the Kickstart scheme, exploring experiences of employment among LGBTQ+ young people, and those with ADHD.
Social research project tackles youth unemployment
News 14 June 2021
The Young Foundation, Youth Futures Foundation and The Mohn Westlake Foundation are launching a unique social research project to tackle youth unemployment. The project, made possible through the Kickstart Scheme, will see up to 30 formerly unemployed young people trained as peer researchers.
Commissioning Futures: A Guide for Schools
Publication 4 May 2018
A good-practice guide to support schools to more effectively commission innovative services, especially those that aim to tackle educational inequality.
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