Community Research, Engagement & Social Impact Case Studies | Deep Boroughs Network
DBN champions inclusive community research, citizen engagement, and collaborative co-design projects that uplift overlooked communities and local businesses across East London, including Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, East Bank partners, and the Royal Docks.
Key Initiatives
Community Network (CAN) – East London
DBN partners with CAN to embed community voice into local decision-making and place-based regeneration around Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, hyper local areas and East Bank.
Creative Spaces – Collaborative Co-Design
Impact Highlights
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Amplifying underrepresented voices in policy and service design
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Shifting power through citizen-led research
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Co-designing inclusive public services and community spaces
Community Research Network - DBN | Empowering Local Voices
Through Citizen Science
The Community Research Networks (CRN) programme is funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and delivered by The Young Foundation.. As a codified joint lead partner, DBN acts as the strategic architect for this localized operational delivery framework, establishing the benchmark methodology for non-extractive, community-led research. By hardcoding community capacity, capability, and connectivity into our regional infrastructure, DBN enables truly equitable, citizen-led insight.
Aims & Impact
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Shift power to communities through citizen-led research
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Amplify underrepresented voices in policy and service design
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Build long-term local research capacity for equitable growth.
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Co-design inclusive public services using evidence-based insight
DBN is part of the Newham CRN, one of nine UKRI Community Research Networks across the UK. We believe every partner is equal, and that the powerful should reflect on their own position first, so research and governance stay fair and lead to lasting local change.
Learn more about the profiles on the official The Young Foundation Meet the Networks directory.
About UKRI Research & The Young Foundation
About UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) is the UK’s largest public funder of research and innovation, with a budget of around £8bn. It brings together seven research councils, Innovate UK, and Research England, working nationwide with universities, businesses, government, charities, and research organisations.
UKRI’s mission is to convene, invest, and collaborate to build an inclusive research and innovation system that connects discovery to prosperity and public good, enabling people across the UK to contribute and benefit.
About The Young Foundation
The Young Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation driving community research and social innovation. It brings together communities, organisations, and policymakers to understand lived experience and support collective action.
Through community-led research and innovative programmes, The Young Foundation helps shape fairer futures and powers the Institute for Community Studies.
Explore key insights Pushing Boundaries Conference co-hosts, Helen Goulden OBE, CEO of The Young Foundation and Sami Gichki, Co-Chair, future opportunities in community-led research, citizen science, and public engagement.
The Unified Network of Networks™ Architecture
Knowledge Keepers™: the neighbours who hold East London's living stories
Community Anchor Network (CAN) project
Empowering Communities for Equitable Change.
Deep Boroughs Network collaborates with Community Anchor Network (CAN) – East London & London Legacy and Development Corporation ( LLDC) Partnerships
DBN partners with CAN to embed community voice into local decision-making and place-based regeneration around Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Stratford and surrounding areas and East Bank.
Royal Docks London regeneration
Community Engagement Strategies & Tools.
Royal Docks London | Deep Boroughs Network
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