YEFcast
Conversations unpacking the latest evidence, policy shifts and frontline stories that shape how we prevent violence and keep children and young people safe.

Government policy moves fast. New evidence, new strategies, new stories – and decisions made in Westminster can change what happens on the ground for children and young people when it comes to preventing violence / keeping them safe.
YEFcast is the Youth Endowment Fund’s rolling podcast, where our staff unpack what’s really going on across our sectors, from Whitehall to the frontline. Each episode, we go behind the scenes of our research, our work with government, and our conversations with the people delivering change – the practitioners, policymakers and partners responding to violence affecting children and young people across England and Wales.
It’s the conversation you’d hear in the office. What’s the latest evidence saying? What’s changing in policy? What are we seeing and learning?
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What the YEFcast covers
Across the series, the YEFcast explores topics including:
- Why violence affects children and young people
- What changes we are seeing across the sectors we work with
- The latest evidence we are seeing emerge
- How this could impact policy, practice and communities.
Hosted by Ciaran Thapar, Director of External Affairs and Youth Understanding at YEF and other YEF team – YEFcast is a conversation about violence affecting children and young people with those working to stop it.
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