PortfolioActive Community Living
A programme that allows people to stay in their own homes for as long as possible
CBT for the Elderly
Peer-to-peer cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) to provide emotional resilience for old people
Changing Health
Changing Health aims to address the problems people with long term conditions face, by developing a new flexible support structure
Enternships
An internship programme for aspiring entrepreneurs alongside a supportive training program - placing individuals in small start-up type organisations.
Faking It
Faking It aims to provide Young People with the experience and demands of the real-world.
Healthy IncentivesHealthy Incentives is an innovative project to support and reward healthy behaviour. Language Line
Language line was first established as a charitable project in April 1990 by Michael Young
Plan My Care
An online solution that will empower individuals and
their helpers to manage individual budgets and self-directed care.
School of Everything
School of Everything is an online market place for face-to-face learning.
Spice
Spice provides public service and community organisations with
effective methods to better engage with citizens and service users and
to work more collaboratively.
Studio Schools
A new version of 14-19 school hosting businesses where students are employed, earning real wages alongside a project-based curriculum. supportmyparent.com
Provisionally titled 'kidsof.com', this project aims to provide support to the millions of adults facing stress over the parents' ageing.
Teach Too
An adaption of the TeachFirst model allowing professionals to teach part-time alongside their careers.
Uprising
The programme will identify, recruit, develop and support a group of young people from white working class communities, ethnic and religious minority communities to enable them to take part in politics and public decision-making processes.
Which
Which magazine was created by Michael Young and others in 1957
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latest additionsEuropean Venture Philanthropy Association conference in Madrid
Simon Tucker and Andrew Brough attended the annual EVPA conference to highlight Launchpad's activities as an early stage social venture fund and share experiences of investing for social impact with other organisations around Europe.
12 December 2007 | Launchpad
Call for Ideas
Imagining a working world that supports people with long term conditions
12 December 2007 | Launchpad
School of Everything Launches Alpha Site
School of Everything, recently voted amongst Europe's twenty hottest emerging start-ups at Seedcamp, has launched its first version of its online market place for learning.
12 December 2007 | Launchpad
Launch of Studio Schools
Lord Andrew Adonis, Parliamentary under Secretary of State for Schools and Learners hosted the reception for the launch of the next phase of Studio Schools on Tuesday 4th of December at the RSA. In attendance were officials and representatives from central and local government, schools, national and local businesses, and a range of charitable foundations - all interested in building upon the progress made thus far.
25 January 2008 | Learning launchpad
Managing long term conditionsThe World Economic Forum has called on businesses to lead the fight against chronic disease, to embed a culture of health and to manage the change in a population where long term conditions are increasingly prevalent. 30 January 2008 | HIA
most readLaunch of Studio Schools
Lord Andrew Adonis, Parliamentary under Secretary of State for Schools and Learners hosted the reception for the launch of the next phase of Studio Schools on Tuesday 4th of December at the RSA. In attendance were officials and representatives from central and local government, schools, national and local businesses, and a range of charitable foundations - all interested in building upon the progress made thus far.
25 January 2008 | Learning launchpad
Studio Schools
A new version of 14-19 school hosting businesses where students are employed, earning real wages alongside a project-based curriculum. Practical Learning
Despite the importance society places on education, many individuals in our society lack the skills required of the 21st century. There is an ever expanding scope to acquire such skills through innovative approaches - benefiting society and themselves. Practical learning or ‘learning by doing’ can be a vital approach in achieving this – connecting motivated learners with innovative approaches through which their skills can be enhanced.
Faking It
Faking It aims to provide Young People with the experience and demands of the real-world.
Call for Ideas
Imagining a working world that supports people with long term conditions
12 December 2007 | Launchpad
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