We tackle the issues people tell us they care about
Delivering programmes across three areas: improving our prospects; strengthening UK places; and supporting a greener, healthier planet
Prospects
We drive a fairer future through collaboration between communities, businesses and policymakers.
Find out morePlanet
We support policy change, action and local participation for a socially just transition to net zero.
Find out morePlace
We work in UK places, bringing people, businesses and influencers together for locally-led social, civic and political change.
Find out moreLatest news and views
The Young Foundation presents: Pass the Mic
Our social media campaign is live! For too long, young people haven’t had a say in how their place are run, how we look after our planet, or their future prospect. It’s time to #PassTheMic to the voices of the future.
‘We face challenging times – but the solutions are available to us all’
As we launch into a turbulent and troubled 2025, our CEO Helen Goulden says The Young Foundation’s vision for a better-connected and fairer society is as vital as ever.
‘A movement of hope, a movement of neighbours’
When communities feel powerless, apathy breeds. Al Mathers, Leonie Taylor and Jack Layton call for greater resources and time to ensure people can have ongoing, active roles in shaping their homes and neighbourhoods.
A just transition in retrofits
London’s journey to net zero must be an inclusive and fair ‘just transition’ – and that requires adapting and insulating in 2.2m homes. This report explores equitable uptake of retrofits.
‘Research and innovation are about hope and empowerment’
At our Community Research Networks Away Days, Dame Ottoline Leyser DBE FRS, Chief Executive of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), shared a vision for a more ‘open and inclusive’ future.