Thoughts In Progress
Thoughts In Progress (TIPS) is an informal place to communicate our ideas and thinking. Themes range from education to criminal justice, health to social innovation. Contributions will be made by Young Foundation staff and fellows. Subscribe via RSS.
Tips
A day with Leroy
Leroy is shouting down at me from his third floor flat. The front door has a buzzer, but gives no indication of which floor his flat is on, so I opt for the stairs and begin searching from the first floor.
Offender employment in a time of retrenchment
What part will offender employment play in the ‘rehabilitation revolution'?
A day in the life of a jobseeker - experiences of worklessness in Birmingham
Since the recession we’ve
become accustomed to seeing newspaper headlines featuring the latest
unemployment figures and predicting worse to come, but what's it like to walk in the shoes of someone looking for work?
Working Papers
Financing social value: implementing Social Impact Bonds
In this new working paper, the Young Foundation argues that stronger links between finance and future social outcomes are desirable and attainable. PM Gordon Brown also mentioned social impact bonds in his Smarter Government speech.
Metropolitan metrics: Measuring and comparing London's success
The London collaborative has been working with network members and policy officers to help test and develop thinking on the benefits, use and focus of a set of London-wide measures of success.
Local 2.0?
Through our work on neighbourhoods and community empowerment, the role of online social networking and other 'web 2.0' applications at the very local level has emerged as something that needs more exploration.
Share on MySpace!