Young Foundation

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The Young Foundation is a UK think tank currently headed by Geoff Mulgan. It calls itself a centre for social innovation and it's work combines practical projects, the creation of new enterprises, research and publishing^[1]

It was formed in April 2005 from the merger of the Institute of Community Studies and the Mutual Aid Centre. The Institute of Community Studies based in East London was an urban studies think tank founded in 1954 which had been the main vehicle through which Michael Young created over 60 organisations including the Open University and the Consumers' Association.

1 Work Programme
2 References
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Work Programme

The Young Foundation's work programme falls into three strands:

Launchpad: works on early stage social venture funds focused around particular challenges, including the Health Innovation Accelerator and Learning Launchpad.
Neighbourhood and Local Innovations: working with communities and local government to improve quality of life, though programmes on wellbeing, neighbourhoods and the new London Collaborative
Research on issues ranging from unmet needs to political extremism and from the future of the NHS to understanding material consumption