Boingboing Foundation

Who we are

At Boingboing Foundation, our vision is a society free from systemic inequity, shaped by those most affected by injustice. 

We are a community co-research hub for people who have faced different forms of adversity, including experiences of injustice, prejudice, inequality and discrimination. Together, we seek to understand and address the root causes of inequalities and social injustices.

Our culture and values

We know that someone’s likelihood of being healthy, well and resilient is largely shaped by their environment rather than simply any inner trait. When we are considering how to improve the resilience of our communities we must look beyond fixing individual circumstances, and towards systems change to more fairly distribute resources, opportunities, rights, power, freedom from discrimination and so on.

Led at all times by our ‘co-production for change’ principles, Boingboing Foundation facilitates co-research and campaigning for socially just systems change – including education, housing, accessibility, and the environment.

We do this by scaffolding, upskilling and advocating for marginalised people (primarily young people), who often face many barriers to genuine participation in research and activism spaces, but whom are best placed to inform this work and for whom change is most vital.

Participatory research: we have an unwavering commitment to modelling and promoting high quality, ethical coproduction of research as and alongside community members.
Support for lived experience experts: holistically facilitating lived experience experts to lead and partner in transformative social research and action, including the support systems required to underpin safe and effective engagement.
Convening spaces: acting as the conduit between allies such as universities, local authorities and community organisations to work together as equals on issues we care about.
Systems change action: ensuring co-research and participatory activity includes action towards evidence-based changes to the inequitable systems that impact us.