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Community-led innovation helps Liverpool City Region entrepreneurs turn lived experience into businesses that create lasting social impact.

Fusion21 Foundation-backed Citizen First LCR programme delivers £5.2m social value

A pioneering programme co-funded by the Fusion21 Foundation is helping entrepreneurs across the Liverpool City Region turn lived experience of health and care challenges into successful businesses that create lasting social impact.

A pioneering project supported by the Fusion21 Foundation has moved from pilot stage to rollout, helping social housing residents in Liverpool access more joined-up housing, health and wellbeing support.

Fusion21 Foundation supports Healthy@Home rollout for Liverpool social housing residents

Healthy@Home, delivered by Prima Group in partnership with Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust, builds on an initiative supported by the Fusion21 Foundation in 2024.

The Fusion21 Foundation is supporting the expansion of Cook for Change, a London-based community food programme tackling food inequality, social isolation and financial resilience.

Fusion21 Foundation supports expansion of Cook for Change community food programme in London

Delivered by social enterprise Cook for Good, in partnership with housing association Peabody, the programme supports leaders of community-led food initiatives to develop more sustainable (social enterprise) models, create local jobs and strengthen support for residents.

The Fusion21 Foundation is investing £228,000 in a new national initiative to create 100 ‘Public Living Rooms’ across England, supporting communities to tackle loneliness, isolation and division through accessible, everyday spaces.

Fusion21 Foundation invests in ‘Public Living Rooms’ to tackle loneliness across England

Public Living Rooms provide welcoming environments located in community settings such as high streets, parks, cafés and community centres.

The Fusion21 Foundation is investing £30,000 in The Telos Foundation to launch its World of Work Week initiative across four schools in Knowsley, helping young people most at risk of becoming NEET (not in education, employment or training) to build confidence, employability skills and connections with local employers.

Fusion21 Foundation invests £30,000 in The Telos Foundation to help Knowsley students at risk of becoming NEET

The project is designed for students facing barriers such as academic disengagement, poor attendance or attainment, special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), and underrepresentation linked to low-income backgrounds.

The Fusion21 Foundation has invested in a programme led by Fresh Visions to pilot a new area of work around domestic abuse prevention. The initiative explores how housing providers can better support, educate and build skills that help prevent cycles of domestic violence and abuse.

Fusion21 Foundation supports domestic abuse prevention in housing

This school and community-based programme has engaged and supported 144 young people and 20 adults in the Rye and Hastings area of East Sussex.

The Fusion21 Foundation is proud to be an investor in the workertech fund, launched by resolution ventures to support startups using technology to improve workers' lives in sectors facing low pay and insecure employment

Fusion21 Foundation backs £9 million WorkerTech fund to improve lives at work

By joining this £9 million fund alongside other social investors, the Fusion21 Foundation is helping scale startups that create real, measurable impact for workers.

The Fusion21 Foundation is delighted to have invested £900,000 in the Community Catalyst programme led by Clarion Futures, the charitable foundation of Clarion Housing Group.

Fusion21 Foundation invests £900,000 to build resilience in grassroots organisations

This national initiative is designed to strengthen the capacity and sustainability of small voluntary, community, and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations operating in social housing communities.

The Fusion21 Foundation is investing £62,581 to support a new national programme led by the National Youth Agency (NYA), designed to strengthen the digital skills and confidence of youth workers across England.

Fusion21 Foundation invests £62,581 to strengthen digital youth work across England

The initiative will help youth organisations deliver safe, inclusive, and engaging digital support for young people - meeting them online where they increasingly spend their time.

Hundreds of social housing residents across the UK are to get access to an employment coaching programme designed to build confidence, develop practical skills and open the door to new jobs – thanks to The Fusion21 Foundation.

Hundreds of Social Housing Residents to Access Pioneering Employment Coaching Programme Thanks to Fusion21 Foundation

Our foundation helps to build brighter futures in the communities where we operate, and it is providing £59,000 to support the pioneering approach to help social housing residents amid the cost of living crisis.

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