Youth Voice
A goodbye from our Chair – Jamie Ward-Smith MBE
Our Chair, Jamie, looks back on their time at the Foundation.
How to meaningfully involve young people in your work
We’re sharing everything young people told us during our first hackathon event about how to meaningfully involve them in our work .
Empowering future generations: How funders can support young climate changemakers
See what we learned with the Blagrave Trust about empowering young climate changemakers.
Tips from young people on hosting youth-led events
Two of the young people who helped design and facilitate our first hackathon event, Michael and Helen, share tips on how to successfully host youth-led events
Introducing our Young Gamechangers!
Our new gamechangers are transforming communities into safer, more sustainable and more inclusive places to live thanks to the £4.5m Young Gamechangers Fund from Co-op, the Co-op Foundation and the #iwill Fund.
Guest blog: Young people are using experience of grief to help others
Apart of Me is working to empower bereaved young people to support others who’ve also lost a loved one.
Guest blog: Young people are ready for change
Read our guest blog from Megs, who sits on our Young Gamechangers Fund Youth Steering Group about their views on why young people are ready for change.
Reaffirming our commitment to young people
We’re reaffirming our commitment to the #iwill Movement’s Power of Youth Charter.
Sharing learning this #iwill Week
Read about what we’ve learnt from a decade of collaboration with the #iwill Movement
Guest blog: An oar-some way to make friends
How school students are building connections, learning skills and becoming healthier thanks to Debate-Move from London Sports Trust.
Guest blog: Sowing the seeds for better jobs
Young people with learning difficulties or autism spectrum disorder are tackling stigma, building work skills and educating others on healthy eating during the cost-of-living crisis, thanks to our partner, Mencap.
Catching up with two of our Future Communities Collective
We recently announced our Future Communities Fund partners – find out more about some of the young people shaping how we deliver at the Co-op Foundation.
What we’ve learned so far from supporting youth social action
Read more about what we found out in our evaluation of the second year of incredible work by #iwill Fund partners
Welcoming our new Future Communities Fund partners
Learn about our new way of working, and our ground-breaking new Future Communities Fund partners
Proud to help young people support others
This is Me: We’re shining a light on how The Proud Trust supports the young LGBTQIA+ community in Manchester for Power of Youth Day 2023.