One teenager punches and kicks another until the victim curls up in the foetal position on the ground. A boy sexually assaults a girl, while his friends cheer him on from the sidelines.

The Youth Endowment Fund is partnering with the Government and Youth Futures Foundation to deliver and evaluate summer jobs programmes for up to 2,600 young people at risk of becoming involved in youth violence and crime.

The study was commissioned to synthesise learning about the design, implementation and effectiveness of place-based approaches.

Prof. Iain Brennan and Dr Tia Simanovic discuss the ‘Another Chance’ project.

Positive activities have the potential to reduce serious youth violence. As the YEF Toolkit explains, sports programmes have a ‘high’ average impact on youth crime and violence.

Jon Yates, Executive Director at the Youth Endowment Fund, presents Radio 4's Analysis programme to investigate.

What works to prevent anti-social behaviour? The Anti-Social Behaviour Action Plan was published this week. It sets out the Government’s approach to stamping out anti-social behaviour across England and Wales. BBC Radio 4 – Today programme In response, Jon Yates – Executive Director of the Youth Endowment Fund – spoke to the Today programme to…

By Dame Rachel de Souza, Children’s Commissioner for England Over the past year, 39% of teenage children in England and Wales have either been either a victim of or witness to violence. These experiences have significant and widespread consequences – 1 in 7 teenagers said they’d missed school because they’re scared of violence. The same…

The work we do at the Youth Endowment Fund on evaluation and research is central to achieving our mission – to keep children and young people from becoming involved in violence. It’s true that we’re funder; since 2019, we’ve committed a huge amount of money – £56 million – to some incredible grantees. The approaches…

Our Assistant Director of Research and Youth Understanding, Peter Babudu, explains why the YEF needs to focus on race equity to achieve our mission and what we're going to do.

To celebrate International Youth Day we chat to Lily about the work of the Peer Action Collective and being a member of the YEF's Youth Advisory Board.

In Part Two of our blogs celebrating International Youth Day, Peter Babudu, Assistant Director of Research & Youth Understanding, explains why young people’s involvement in the YEF’s work is vital for creating change. How do you bring about a world where no child is involved in violence? At the Youth Endowment Fund we’re gathering some…