-
Blog
Blog:Spotlight: Neighbourhood Fund
We talk to Graeme Duncan, Chief Executive of Right to Succeed, about leading the YEF Neighbourhood Fund’s work in Norfolk. -
Blog
Blog:Another chance – meet the projects
Through our Another chance – Diversion from the criminal justice system grant round, we’re investing £18m in alternatives to arrest, conviction and custody for children. We catch-up with some of the funded organisations to find out about their work and ask why they think diversion programmes are so important. YES Outdoors “The young people we… -
Blog
Blog:Adapting and learning using a core components approach
Many organisations supporting young people will have had to adapt their work in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Be it, delivering completely new services to meet the emerging needs of young people and their communities, or changing the way they deliver their services to comply with social distancing requirements. It was this strength – flexibility… -
Blog
Blog:Finding out what works during a pandemic: How we’ve worked with our Launch Grant Round grantees through the COVID-19 crisis
Andrea Ramsay, Director of Operations, Youth Endowment Fund Before the COVID-19 crisis took hold, and just seven weeks after we launched, the Youth Endowment Fund opened our first grant round. We made sure we were as open as possible – any type of organisation, across England and Wales, could apply to fund any kind of… -
Blog
Blog:Naomi Hulston Q&A
This week we’re delighted to welcome Naomi Hulston, Chief Operating Officer at Catch22, to the Youth Endowment Fund’s governing Committee. As a member of our Committee, she joins a passionate and experienced team responsible for shaping how our ten-year, £200m endowment from the Home Office is spent. We catch up with her to find out… -
Blog
Blog:Engaging the family to engage young people
Guest blog by Julia Mannes and Rachel Lily, Dartington Service Design Lab This year, youth services have faced new challenges in engaging young people, particularly young people at risk of becoming involved in violence. As the Learning Partner for the Youth Endowment Fund’s special COVID-19 Grant round, we’ve had the opportunity to understand more about how organisations – ranging from grassroots charities to Britain’s… -
Blog
Blog:Putting evidence to work: Help us to make research easier to find, use and apply
Pete Henderson, Head of Toolkit, Youth Endowment Fund What is the best way of preventing children and young people from getting involved in crime and violence? If you’ve ever tried to answer this question, you’ll know that research is limited, hard to find, and hard to apply to the real world. The Youth Endowment Fund… -
Blog
Blog:Shaping the future of the Youth Endowment Fund: Your chance to set our priorities
Paul Twocock, Director of Change, Youth Endowment Fund Yesterday, we launched our strategy. As Jon’s already said, we can’t achieve our ambitions alone. To put our plan into action, we need your help. We know that over the next decade, there are a lot of areas we need to cover. Now we need to decide… -
Blog
Blog:COVID-19 grant round: How we decided what to fund
Today we have announced the recipients of our COVID-19 grant round. 130 organisations from across England and Wales have been offered funding totalling £6.5m. The funding will support the delivery of new programmes and activities to help children and young people at-risk of being drawn into violent crime and tackle any problems that emerge during… -
Blog
Blog:Finding out ‘What Works’ and helping to put it into practice
I heartily welcome this Final Report of the Youth Violence Commission. The Commission has done an excellent job in understanding and speaking out about the lack of safety that so many of our young people feel each day. For those of us listening regularly to young people affected by the threat of violence it is… -
Blog
Blog:Shining a light on online support for vulnerable young people
We need to build our knowledge about the potential of digital and virtual support to reach vulnerable children and prevent youth crime. Social distancing and stay-at-home measures have seen access to support for vulnerable young people dramatically reduce. Local authorities, charities, schools and others are all working hard to reach young people and maintain their support. Whilst… -
Blog
Blog:We must act now to support our most vulnerable young people
Jon Yates, Executive Director, Youth Endowment Fund Our new normal feels far from normal. Most of us are struggling in some way. Many of us are parents struggling to balance home-schooling with work. Many of us are freelancers struggling to pay our bills. The best of us are key workers struggling through daily risks to…
© 2022 The Youth Endowment Fund Charitable Trust. Registered Charity Number: 1185413.
For a better viewing experience we recommend you upgrade your browser.