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Civic universities and green spaces
Repository entry 1 January 2025
A review of evidence on the relationship between green space, health and wellbeing in the context of universities.
Civic universities, skills gaps, and university-FE collaborations
Repository entry 1 January 2025
A review recognising the potential for greater collaboration between universities and colleges and identifying a lack of evidence on this topic.
Civic universities and their neighbours
Repository entry 1 January 2025
This review brings together literature and evidence to explore sites and practices of meaningful engagement between university students and local communities.
‘Research and innovation are about hope and empowerment’
Blog 18 December 2024
At our Community Research Networks Away Days, Dame Ottoline Leyser DBE FRS, Chief Executive of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), shared a vision for a more ‘open and inclusive’ future.
‘Challenging a disconnect between communities and research’
Blog 16 December 2024
Supporting community-led networks can challenge a ‘dysfunctional relationship’ in research, say UKRI’s Tom Saunders and David Chapman, and The Young Foundation’s Helen Goulden.
£10m project will build stronger communities across the UK
News 10 December 2024
New £10m C4 Centre, led by Sheffield Hallam University, will strengthen community leadership and build connections.
Heritage organisations drive ‘meaningful and sustainable’ change
News 5 December 2024
As our Heritage Innovation Fund partnership moves into its third phase, organisations across the UK continue to innovate creative new ways of working.
Meet the networks
Find out more about our nine Community Research Networks, funded by UKRI and supported by The Young Foundation to drive positive change around the UK.
Community Research Networks
This programme is a two-phase funding opportunity, putting community networks at the heart of research.
£9m investment will address regional priorities across the UK
News 2 December 2024
Our partnership with UKRI will support nine local networks to ensure research and innovation is ‘by everyone, for everyone, everywhere’.
Community ownership: A better form of business 2024
Repository entry 1 December 2024
‘A Better Form of Business’ is a series of research reports on community-owned businesses that have been completed annually by the Plunkett Foundation since 2011. The reports offer evidence on the needs and health of the community business sector, trends in growth and services, and the important social, economic and environmental impact tha…
Healthy universities, people and places
Repository entry 1 December 2024
A review exploring how universities can contribute to student, staff, and local community wellbeing.