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Treating mental health in the community: A policy review

Repository entry 1 May 2017

How much do we know about the most effective ways for communities to support people with mental health problems? This paper reviews the quality of evidence available on the effectiveness of different community approaches to mental health. It looks at 48 reviews covering 827 primary experimental and non-experimental studies, published between 20…

We still haven’t found what we’re looking for: Uncharted investment in Charities, Social Enterprises and Community Businesses

Repository entry 1 May 2017

This report aims to help community businesses understand their finance options beyond banks and social investment, including opportunities presented through the local community, friends and family, local authorities and other public bodies. Community businesses may also find that the terms of finance available from such sources have relatively …

Humanity at Work – MONDRAGON, a social innovation ecosystem case study

Publication 5 April 2017

This research report on the MONDRAGON Corporation, the largest industrial Co-operative in the world, explores it as a social innovation ecosystem, a highly successful and competitive way of transforming people’s lives for the better through shared ownership. MONDRAGON is a

Empowered Communities in the 2020s: Feedback on the first 50 responses to the opening survey

Repository entry 1 April 2017

As part of the scoping stage for the ‘Empowered Communities in the 2020s’ project, we invited people interested in contributing to the research to complete a short survey asking how they would like to be involved; what they felt was most important to help communities become more empowered and vibrant; and for examples of where we might look for…

Realising Ambition Programme Insights: Issue 8

Publication 29 March 2017

The Realising Ambition consortium, of which The Young Foundation was a part, produced a series of 12 Programme Insights rather than writing a long evaluation report at the end of the five-year programme. In our eighth Programme Insight, we consider

Realising Ambition Programme Insights: Issue 7

Publication 29 March 2017

The Realising Ambition consortium, of which The Young Foundation was a part, produced a series of 12 Programme Insights rather than writing a long evaluation report at the end of the five-year programme. In our seventh Programme Insight, we consider

Communities Can: Final Evaluation Report

Publication 22 March 2017

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

Researching the local politics and practices of radical Community Development Projects in 1970s Britain

Repository entry 1 March 2017

This article re-evaluates the British Community Development Project (CDP) of the 1970s. It sets the national Community Development Project in context, as an experimental programme of action-research in twelve ‘deprived’ areas, set up in response to the rediscovery of poverty in the late 1960s. It explains the rationale for revisit…

Facing Forward: How Small and Medium Charities can Adapt to Survive

Repository entry 1 March 2017

Facing Forward was written by Charlotte Ravenscroft, Evidential Consulting, and describes 10 trends to watch in a changing operating landscape with recommendations on how small charities should respond. With the impact of Brexit, economic uncertainty and growing pressures on local government adding uncertainty for the future of small charities,…

Share to Know: Furthering peer-to-peer and collaborative learning methods

Publication 16 February 2017

Share to Know was a European exchange project that aims to further the use of peer-to-peer learning methodologies by educational institutions and other organisations/individuals working with young people. The exchange took place between three peer-to-peer learning practitioners from the United

Valuing Place: The importance of place for understanding inequality and taking action in Wales

Publication 7 February 2017

Amplify Cymru was a programme of interconnected research and innovation support funded by the Welsh Government. Amplify Cymru helps people take action together to create fairer communities where everyone can thrive. Our research into the lived experience of over 350

Realising Ambition Programme Insights: Issue 6

Publication 17 January 2017

The Realising Ambition consortium, of which The Young Foundation was a part, produced a series of 12 Programme Insights rather than writing a long evaluation report at the end of the five-year programme. In our sixth Programme Insight, we take