What did National Living Wage Week deliver for those aged under 23? Chelsea McDonagh calls for greater support, and more diversity in the research sector. Like most people, I welcome the recent National Living Wage rise – but I am dismayed that those under the age of 23 do not qualify. Amidst proposed changes to student loan repayments – which... Find out more

Despite headlines and warnings, is virtual working all that bad? Helen Goulden counts the benefits, both for young people, and for organisations.   Earlier this year, The Young Foundation was approved as a Kickstart employer. As an independent research organisation with a keen interest in creating a more inclusive social research sector, it felt like a very tangible opportunity to recruit people... Find out more

We need both technology and human partnerships to tackle the climate crisis, says Daze Aghaji – a 21-year-old activist, political candidate and student at Goldsmiths, University of London One of my earliest childhood memories is of standing in front of a tree outside my mum’s house. A tree surgeon was going to cut it down and... Find out more

This blog was written by Nicola Yates OBE, Chief Executive of Connected Places Catapult. Nicola is a judge for the Climate Challenge Cup competition. On 28 March 1979, the nuclear power plant at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania, USA, went into partial meltdown, leaking radiation. Luckily, no one was hurt in the immediate incident – but the... Find out more

The cacophony of noise  as COP26 gathers pace tells us all we need to know about the critical nature of this conference.  But if we had really internalised the risks to our future, we’d have been consumed by nothing else since Rachel Carson wrote  Silent Spring in 1962. We’d be on the streets every day. Instead, we are mostly... Find out more

This blog was written by Lydia Ragoonanan, a senior associate leading the Inclusive Economy Partnership BOOST programme at The Young Foundation. This week, Michael Gove used his platform at the Conservative Party conference to pledge greater support for downtrodden regions of the UK.  “Levelling up means four things,” the minister for levelling up, housing and communities explained. “We will strengthen local leadership to drive real... Find out more

This blog was written by Jack, one of our recently hired Peer Researchers through the Kickstart Scheme. Here he talks about how traditional job interviews disadvantage those on the Autism spectrum and draws on his own experience seeking employment. Find out more about our Kickstart Scheme project here. Job interviews are a standard process job... Find out more

Supporting young people in the 21st Century  Today, we are announcing a transformational two-year research project, with generous support from the National Citizen Service CIC. Rooted in a powerful belief in community activism, entrepreneurial spirit and the civic potential of young people, we will be working with Huddersfield and Sheffield Universities, to create a youth-led... Find out more

We’re delighted to be partnering with Youth Futures Foundation and the Mohn Westlake Foundation to work with up to thirty young people, employed through the Kickstart Scheme to be trained as peer researchers. It’s a fantastic opportunity for a cohort of young people to gain access to employment which seeks to build confidence, skills and... Find out more

You can now watch The Young Foundation and The Institute for Community Studies’s event with the ‘poet laureate of civil society’ Robert D. Putnam and Shaylyn Romney Garrett. The event discussed their book; The Upswing, How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again – a forensic analysis of the... Find out more