We’re here to prevent children and young people becoming involved in violence.
YEF Toolkit
Welcome to the YEF Toolkit – a free online resource to help you put evidence of what works to prevent serious violence into action.
Funding good work
We fund work in England and Wales that aims to prevent children and young people from becoming involved in violence.
Finding what works
We evaluate every programme and activity that we fund. Our aim is to find out what works, for whom and why.
Working for change
To make a lasting difference we’ll build a movement of people and organisations passionate about making sure that young people get the very best support possible.
Latest from YEF
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News
News:Youth Endowment Fund to support grassroots organisations to take part in research to find out what works to keep children safe from violence
Today, the Youth Endowment Fund (YEF) has announced it will invest in two innovative new evaluations, working exclusively with smaller organisations. -
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News:Supporting families, preventing violence
The Youth Endowment Fund and Comic Relief launch £10m programme to prevent children becoming involved in violence. -
Blog
Blog:Another chance: how we made decisions about applications
On May 14, we closed the applications for our grant round, Another chance: diversion from the criminal justice system. We set out to fund between 10 and 20 projects from a pot of up to £20 million, because we want to find out how alternatives to arrest, conviction and custody can prevent children and young…
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