The Young Foundation
The Young Foundation is a national organisation that supports place-based change through community research, social innovation, and systems thinking. In Luton, The Young Foundation is working alongside local partners to ensure community voice, equity, and learning are central to how change is designed and delivered
Innovation Practitioner
Nairat Ali
Nairat Ali is an Innovation Practitioner at The Young Foundation, with a strong curiosity about how learning, creativity, and collaboration can support meaningful systems change. She supports the delivery of Leading Luton, helping leaders think differently and learn together. Nairat also has oversight of learning and insights across the Fairness Taskforce, helping ensure learning is captured and used to shape what happens next.
Senior Innovation Practitioner
Kathryn Holland
Kathryn Holland is a Senior Innovation Practitioner from The Young Foundation and is leading the delivery of Leading Luton - a programme focused on supporting local leaders to work together to create a fairer future for Luton. The Young Foundation is providing capacity-building support across different levels of the programme, with a strong focus on ensuring equity and community voice are embedded at every stage of the system. You’ll often see Kathryn at Fairness Taskforce events, listening, learning, and connecting people across the work.
Senior Researcher
Jem Hai
Jem Hai is a Senior Researcher at the Young Foundation, and is leading the evaluation of the Fairness Taskforce. He is working alongside Community Researchers from Luton, to understand the impact that the Fairness Taskforce is making, and how we can improve what happens next. He is always interested in hearing people's opinions on the work that is taking place, so if you see him at a Fairness Taskforce event, please let him know what you think!
