OPINION: The first report from the Covid-19 Inquiry, and the chaos caused by last week's IT outage, tell us the UK needs to rethink crisis-planning. Our CEO Helen Goulden OBE says the solution is a ‘whole society response’, sharing five underscoring principles: 1. 🗣 Include the voices and experiences of the most vulnerable people 2. 👨👨👧👧 Recognise and respect community-led responses 3. 📊 Have a clear, effective data and digital strategy, supported with investment. 4. 🏭 Businesses are central to building preparedness across society 5. 🤝 People are civic infrastructure too #Preparedness #CrisisResponse #Community #CivicInfrastructure Read Helen's blog >> https://lnkd.in/gQQV4bPR
The Young Foundation
Non-profit Organization Management
The UK’s home for community research and social innovation
About us
The Young Foundation’s mission is to develop better connected and more sustainable communities across the UK. As a UKRI accredited Independent Research Organisation, social investor and community development practitioner, we combine all our skills and expertise, to further that mission. We amplify the stories and lived experiences of people in our communities; using this as a spur to drive locally-led community action and enterprise. And we use what we learn across different communities to spot national patterns of need and opportunity. Then we work with national partners to support new ideas to tackle those shared, national challenges. Bringing together our own – and other people’s – work, we are building a shared body of evidence, tools and insight about how communities are taking action on the issues that affect them. We are experts in understanding the changing role of communities in the 21st century. We have a long track record incubating over 80 new organisations including: Which? The Open University, Language Line, Social Innovation Exchange, School for Social Entrepreneurs, Uprising and Action for Happiness. We continue to offer incubation support, plus office and back office support, to early-stage, innovative organisations that share our mission.
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http://youngfoundation.org
External link for The Young Foundation
- Industry
- Non-profit Organization Management
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- London
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2005
- Specialties
- social innovation, social entrepreneurship, social venturing, social research, ethnography, public services innovation, research, investment, thinktank, community, and inequality
Locations
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Toynbee Hall
28 Commercial St
London, E1 6LS, GB
Employees at The Young Foundation
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Jon Huggett
Professional Coach and Board Advisor | Chaired 5 boards | Ex-Partner Bain & Company and The Bridgespan Group | Stanford MBA | Oxford MA
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Bridget Grenville-Cleave
Positive Psychology Trainer, Coach & Lecturer
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Kendall Perkins
Valaterra; a mission driven space for mindful connection
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Yvonne Roberts
Journalist mainly with The Observer, novelist,, former Chief Leader Writer The Observer
Updates
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"It is only if we shift our mindsets and values towards embracing the power of participation, that we will jolt out of our inertia and open up collaborative, unbounded approaches to creating meaningful change with and for workers.," writes Alice Bell for theHRDIRECTOR. Alice shared our recent research, Beyond Buzzwords, which showed that widespread EDI issues persist across the professions – and that progress towards more inclusive workplaces risks unravelling, as scepticism grows about the authenticity of initiatives. Read the article: https://bit.ly/3SfDoN6 Explore the research: https://bit.ly/4bXDZtN #HR #EDI #Inclusion #Diversity #Workplace
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Our CEO Helen Goulden OBE was delighted to give the keynote speech at ICRS | The Institute of Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability's 10th anniversary celebration, sharing our research, 'The Quest for the 'S' in ESG', and speaking about the evolution of social impact measurement. She noted that, "We must define the kind of social change and justice we are striving for, and pursue these goals in partnership". Read the highlights from her speech: https://bit.ly/3LoNcAo #SocialImpact #CSR #ESG #Research #Business
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Our Director of Sustainability and Just Transition Emily Morrison was among four speakers on a panel hosted by Chinyelu Oranefo exploring ‘The Evolution of Sustainability in real estate and housing’ at UKREiiF 2024. The UK needs to ensure our homes and built environment can withstand our future climate and the social impact on communities must be considered by developers. https://lnkd.in/e7vrtRp4
The Evolution of Sustainability in real estate and housing
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Thinking more expansively - and meaningfully - about what constitutes real social value and real social outcomes is urgently needed. Facing down real societal challenges requires long-termism, innovation in how we organise in partnership and a commitment to stepping beyond learned and embedded practices and behaviours. So it was a huge pleasure to speak to the ICRS | The Institute of Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability at their 10th Anniversary. We talked through The Young Foundation's Four Scope Social Framework and some of the rationale that underpins it in our Quest for the S of ESG report, which you can find here: https://lnkd.in/gJayTeMs #responsibility #socialvalue #socialimpact #inclusiveeconomy #socialinnovation #collectiveimpact
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📢 FREE WEBINAR 📢 Join Al Mathers, Siân Whyte and Alice Bell at the The UK Evaluation Society's upcoming online event. They'll explore what it means to embrace participation in research, sharing their work to embed and value equity, diversity and inclusion. 📅 Thursday 18 July, 12-1pm 💻 Register >> https://lnkd.in/dSFGz_Rv ❗ Registration closes at 2pm on 17 July #EDI #Research #Evaluation #ParticipatoryResearch
🤐 Did someone say free webinar? Our next free webinar will explore what it means to embrace participatory principles and methods in research and evaluation. Join Al Mathers, Siân Whyte, and Alice Bell from The Young Foundation for an hour of lively discussion and insight, as they share learning from their work on shifting mindsets and practice to embed and value equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI). 💭 Who is an Evaluator? 📅 Thursday 18 July ⏰ 12:00-13:00 BST 📍 Online (Hosted on Zoom) 💻 Learn more and register >> https://lnkd.in/dSFGz_Rv 🎁 This free webinar is part of our 30th anniversary series and will be chaired by UK Evaluation Society Council Member, Christoph Körbitz. We'd like to thank all the presenters for sharing their time and expertise to deliver this webinar for us. We hope you can join us! Registration closes on 17 July at 1400 BST
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NEWSLETTER 🗞️ | Can politicians deliver the deep and lasting positive change our people and neighbourhoods need? Read the latest news and insights from The Young Foundation in our summer newsletter 👉 https://bit.ly/4eV3QVO Sign up to receive our newsletter 👉 https://lnkd.in/eSvtgEKi #GeneralElection #CommunityPower #Policymaking #PoliticalEngagement #GE24
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Rewriting the rulebook: a plan for greener, fairer, community-powered growth across the UK. In his first news conference as Prime Minister, Keir Starmer said UK growth must involve people in communities: “Those with skin in the game know what’s best for their community. That requires us to be bold about pushing power out of Whitehall.” Local people know their neighbourhood better than anyone – and those that stand to win, lose or have their life changed by policy shifts and local developments can inform lasting, solutions – both at local and regional levels. Our vision puts social participation where it needs to be on the legislative agenda, inviting governments at all tiers to seize the potential to build trusted relationships between policymakers, businesses and civil society, and local people. Read the vision: https://bit.ly/3zKhR8z #CommunityPower #Communities #Participation #UKGE #GeneralElection
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BLOG ✒️ | ‘Putting local people at the heart of policy’ The UK has a new government – and an opportunity to work differently. Helen Goulden OBE, Jessica Moore and Jacob Coburn share our organisation's hopes for a fairer, greener and more prosperous, community-powered future: https://bit.ly/4cWQl6p #Policy #GeneralElection2024 #Collaboration #Communities #Policymaking
‘Putting local people at the heart of policy’
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OPINION: Our Director of Sustainability Emily Morrison says government needs a new, positive and human narrative 'to convince the public to accept holistic and wholesale change to our daily lives.' She says: 'There’s a need for collaboration and cooperation between institutions, systems, powers and people. A need to shift our mindset from the ‘impossible’ and ‘undeliverable’ to a new possible in policy, legal and financing terms.' Get ready for green growth🌱👉 https://bit.ly/3VXIy1j #JustTransition #NetZero #Collaboration #Environment #Community
‘In this moment of hope, let’s change the ‘net zero’ narrative’
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