Reports and research

Transforming Health: Shifting our health systems from illness treatment and prevention to health creation

11 July 2017 | Authors: Alan Chen, Tony May,

In spite of recent overall advancements in our society’s health and wellbeing, we are experiencing a crisis of major health disparities driven by growing inequalities. Experts recognize that while the NHS has much to be celebrated, its design is not

Realising Ambition Programme Insights: Issue 10 and Confidence Framework

5 July 2017 | Authors:

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 tenth Programme Insight we give

Taking the future into their own hands: Youth work and entrepreneurial learning.

2 July 2017 | Authors: Amanda Hill-Dixon, Karsten Frøhlich Hougaard, Sigrid Nindl, Tine Anderson,

In the challenging times that most EU Member States are experiencing in the aftermath of the financial crisis, young people are at particular risk of being left at the margins of society. In 2016, approximately 1 in 10 young people

Realising Ambition Programme Insights: Issue 9

30 June 2017 | Authors:

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 ninth Programme Insight, we combine

Community Powered Change: Telling stories, growing ideas

8 May 2017 | Authors: Alice Neeson, Becca Bor, Rebecca Watterson,

Part of our places programme, Amplify NI was a major five-year initiative to support people in Northern Ireland to take action together, to create fairer communities where everyone can thrive. The programme brought people and organisations from all parts of

European Policy Brief: Social Innovation in Health and Social Care

6 May 2017 | Authors:

This policy brief on Social Innovation in Health and Social Care is based on results of the EC H2020 funded project Social Innovation: Driving Force of Social Change (SI-DRIVE). Highlights of this policy field are given from results of a

Health and Social Care Policy Field Summary Report

6 May 2017 | Authors: Amanda Hill-Dixon, Charlotte Heales, Suzy Solley,

Social innovation in health and social care is strongly determined by social values, culture and societal expectations. Answers to questions such as, who should pay for care? and, who deserves care? differ across contexts and come together to shape health

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

5 April 2017 | Authors: Mary Hodgson,

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

Realising Ambition Programme Insights: Issue 8

29 March 2017 | Authors:

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

29 March 2017 | Authors:

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

22 March 2017 | Authors:

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

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

16 February 2017 | Authors: Louise Foreman, Tobias Stapf,

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