PLACEBASEDTRANSFORMATIONMOVEMENTS

1Feb1954

Sept1969 MichaelYoung’s

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Oct1957

MichaelcreatedtheConsumers’AssociaDon,theprecursortoWhich?TohelpconsumerstackletheissuesthatmaJertothem

MichaelYoung,'theworld'smostsuccessfulentrepreneurofsocialenterprises,’forhisroleincrea9ngover60neworganiza9onsworldwide,ProfessorDanielBell,HarvardUniversity.

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April1990IniDallycoveringjustfourlanguages,LanguageLinewasfirstsetuptoenablecommunicaDonbetweenpaDentsandstaffattheRoyalLondonHospitalinEastLondon.ThelocalpoliceontheIsleofDogsthenrequested24hoursadaycoveragein16languages.LanguageLineServices’TelephoneInterpreDngandTranslaDonServicesgrewrapidlythroughoutthe1990s,andthecompanyisnowpartofthelargestInterpreDngcompanyworldwideproviding170languages.

1997

27June1977

MichaelYoungcreatestheMutualAidCentretoassistciDzensintakingcontrolovertheirlives

Nameda\erMichaelYoungandformedthroughthemergerofhistwoorganisaDons,TheInsDtuteforCommunityStudiesandMutualAidCentre.MichaelYoungle\aremarkablelegacyofideasandinsDtuDonswhichhadanenormousimpactontheday-to-daylivesofthemillionsofpeoplewhousethemandonhowwethinkaboutoursociety.Overthenextfi\yyearstheYoungFoundaDon,asacentreforsocialinnovaDonandentrepreneurship,hopestohaveanequallyprofoundimpact.

April2005

NOWFoundedbyMichaelYoungvehicleforsocialresearchandacDonandenterprise.Throughwhichhecreatedover60organisaDonsandpublishedhundredsofreportsandbooksonsocialjusDce,equality,andpolicy.

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55+yearsofachievement

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TheYoungFoundaJonisaleadingindependentcentrefordisrupJvesocialinnovaJon.Wecreatenewmovements,insJtuJonsandcompaniesthattacklethestructuralcausesofinequality.Webelievestructuralinequalityunderminestheeconomyandcorrodesourwellbeing.Lackofopportunityandlimitedsocialmobilitydestroyslives,leavingitsmarkoncommuniDes,relaDonships,aspiraDonsandself-worth.Weworktocreateamoreequalandjustsociety,whereeachindividualcanbefulfilledintheirownterms.WebelievethatliJleaboutthefutureofsocietyisinevitable.Boundbyoursharedhumanity,webelievewecollecDvelyhavethepowertoshapethesocieDesandcommuniDeswewanttolivein.TheYoungFoundaDonharnessesthepowerofdisrupDveinnovaDontoaddressthecausesofinequality.ThisinnovaDonisbasedonresearch,partnershipsandpracDcalproblemsolving.Weuseitasatoolforchangeinthesystemsthatundermineindividualresponsibility,empowermentandparDcipaDon.Wehavealreadycreatedprojectsthatareopeningupnewpathstopowerformarginalisedpeopleatthelocallevel.Wecreatenewmovements,insDtuDonsandcompaniesthatempowerpeopletoleadhappierandmoremeaningfullives.WeworkwiththepublicandprivatesectorsandcivilsocietytostrengthentheirposiDveimpactoncommuniDes.Joinus.WeareTheYoungFoundaJon.

WHATWEBELIEVE

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Resources

RepresentaJonRecogniJon

THEBREADTHINEQUALITY

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Research• IdenDfysocialneeds• UncoverinnovaDvesoluDons• Focusonlocal,naDonalandinternaDonallevelresearch• PrimarilyfocusedontheUK,withsomekeyprojectsoverseas

AppliedInnovaJon• EnablelocalsoluDonstosocialproblems• Testwhatworksandwhatdoesn't• FocusonlocalandnaDonallevelprojects• PrimarilyfocusedintheUK,withgrowingopportuniDesoverseas

Ventures• DevelopneworganisaDonstoaddresssocialproblems• Providesupportandfunding• FocusonlocallevelventureswiththepotenDaltoscaleacrosstheUKandbeyond• FocusedonUKbasedventuresandoverseasventuresmovingintotheUKmarket• StrengthenindividualproductsthathavepotenDalforhighsocialimpact

•  “Weusethetoolsofsocialresearch,disrupDvesocialinnovaDon,venturing,strategicdesignandmovementbuilding.Welistendeeply,puhngwhatpeoplethink,feelandbelieve–theiraspiraDons,theirexperiencesandtheirlives-attheheartofeverythingwedo.”

KEYMETHODS

5.-Co-creaDng.GeneraDngideas

6.-Prototyping.DevelopingandtesDng

9.-Growing,scalingandspreading

1.-Exploring(opportuniDesandchallenges)

2.-ObservingandShaping.ParDcipatoryresearchandcommunityengagement

3.-AnalyzingandreflecDng.DeliberaDveprocess

4.-FramingandrepresenDng.Storytelling.

7.-Makingthecase

WavesoftransformaJonOurtheoryofchange

8.-DeliveringandimplemenDng

10.-Changingsystems.BigandrepeDDvewavesactasamovement

IteraJon1 IteraJon2

ThefirstwavesaresmallerTheygetbiggerbecausetheygodeeper

Acity-regionmovementconsistsonmanywavesindifferentneighborhoods.InterconnectedandpushinginthesamedirecDon.

• Understudyingtheresearch

• ExploringthenarraJves

• Se\ngprioriJes

1.Whatdowewanttochage?

• RefiningprioriJes• IdenJfyingsoluJons• Buildingteams

2.WhatsoluJonsdowehave?

• Backingthebestideas

• Buildingsupportaroundthem

3.WhichsoluJonsshallweback?

Accelerator

•  Niamh/BKN•  CrannogPartnership(Cavanaleck)•  ScoutsCentre•  Westvillefamilyresourcecentre•  PebbleinthePondPark•  AGORA(workingJtle)•  TheChurchesTrustltd•  HealthyAgeingNetworkInDerry•  Holywell-Food&Biodiversity•  FabSocial•  RemedialArts•  AferthoughtsNI•  YoungPeopleLeadingChange•  Energenius

•  BlackmountainAcJonGroup•  PLACE•  TellItInColour•  Tearfund•  RCITY•  ArdoyneYouthClub•  HumanLibrary•  CitySafari•  TheSocialArtsproject•  GalliaghWomen'sGroup•  EthicalandSharedRemembering•  BoomHall• 

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THEINNOVATIONS

Insomecommunities,evenwhenpeopletrytomakechangehappenortosociallyinnovate,itisnotrecognisedbyothersasavalidaction,orisnotgiven‘permissiontoact’.

Peopleperceivetheycannotdothingsbecausepeoplelikethemarenotresponsible.

Wehavealsodocumentedthatindifferentcontextscommunities–individualsorpeople–havenotalwaysgonealongwiththisideathattheyshouldn’tactorcannothelpthemselves.

Theyareactingtomakechangehappenallthetimebutitisn’trecognised.

Onewayinwhichcommunitiesengagewithinequalitynarrativesisbyactivelycounteringthem.Theytelladifferentstory,shareadifferentvision,andascribedifferentmeaningtothesamefacts.Wecallthesecounter-narratives.Counternarrativesemergeindependentlyofthedominantnarrativeandinspiteofit.Theydrawoncommunityknowledgeandcommunity-centricvalues.(Hodgson2016)

a new innovation paradigm

a new innovation paradign

Incertainsituations,likeintheBasquecase,peoplecangeneratethepermissiontoactforthemselves,throughsocialmeans:self-belief,actingonsharedvalues,andbysupportingeachother.Theycantellthemselvesthattheyandotherscandosomething.

Theydon’tneedspecificskillsorauthority.Theyjustneedanattitudetobewillingtohelpmakechangehappen.

Thisgivesthemthe‘socialpermissiontoact’.Itisbasedanddrivenbysharedvaluesandactions.

Thesuccessofcommunity-ledinnovationisthatitissociallyandcommunitybased.Peopletakeactionsandaresupportedbythecommunity,whooftenjointhembecausetheytrustthemandbelieveintheirideas.(Hodson2016)

a new innovation paradigm

PLACEBASEDTRANSFORMATIONMOVEMENTS