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Creating ‘a town built on fairness’
30 April 2024
With a new £1.9m award from the National Lottery Community Fund, we’re building on our recent work in the Luton area, working with local communities to help overcome social, economic, and environmental challenges
Youth forum to influence ‘lasting solutions to a complex environmental challenge’
15 March 2024
Opportunity puts 16- to 25-year-olds at the heart of a vital debate around nuclear waste, enabling community and youth involvement in shaping solutions that will have a multiple-generation impact
Young people tackle the crisis and causes of youth violence
12 March 2024
The Peer Action Collective (PAC) addresses the escalating crisis of youth safety and violence, uncovering root causes and taking positive action to address them.
Nearly three in four professionals experience ‘discriminatory or exclusionary’ behaviour
7 March 2024
Research with 12 professional membership and regulatory bodies reveals growing scepticism among professionals that EDI initiatives are ‘box-ticking’ exercises.
Net zero policy risks making the poor poorer
20 February 2024
Existing net zero transition policies are likely to make the poor poorer and push struggling communities further into deprivation and exclusion, our new report warns.
Big Challenge Education winners announced
24 January 2024
Competition celebrates young people’s innovations in education, with winners addressing climate anxiety, healthy eating, and technology-enabled support for blind and visually impaired people
Heritage organisations win funding to address sector challenges
9 November 2023
The Heritage Fund is supporting 17 organisations to make the sector more sustainable, inclusive, and fit for the future.
Community innovators win funding and support
4 October 2023
Twelve grassroots community organisations supported to ‘turn great ideas into action’ as Phase 2 of the Community Knowledge Fund delivers grants worth £50k to £100k
Ambitious programme supports young people to tackle youth violence
20 September 2023
A five-year extension of the Peer Action Collective (PAC) programme, announced today, will drive youth participation to address youth violence and its causes.
New report ‘demands far greater integration of employment and skills services’ in London
12 July 2023
The No Wrong Door report, commissioned by the Mayor of London, explores skills and employment services across the capital.
London Mayor announces a £750k fund as our report uncovers “shocking evidence of exploitation”
12 June 2023
Our new report, Rights and risks, uncovers shocking abuse of vulnerable Londoners.
One-size-fits all education system challenged by young people
31 May 2023
The Big Education Challenge today announces its 15 finalists, which will be supported to develop their early-stage ideas to transform education.