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…
Donna Molloy at the EIF explains why expanding the evidence for family-based approaches and its impact on reducing youth violence could be a game-changer.
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…
At the end of last month, we launched the YEF Toolkit – an accessible, online tool that provides free-to-use summaries of the best available research on keeping children safe from becoming involved in violence. I’ve blogged before to explain how you can use it. Now, I want to share some of things the the YEF…
Last week, we launched the YEF Toolkit – an accessible, online tool that provides free-to-use summaries of the best available research on what works to prevent children becoming involved in violence. We’ve developed the Toolkit to help police forces, local authorities, youth charities, school leaders and others use evidence when making decisions about how best…
When we were developing our plans, it became clear that a lot of violent crime happens in very specific local areas. So, to make a difference, we committed to place-based funding, including our Neighbourhood Fund.
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…
Paul Twocock, Director of Change, Youth Endowment Fund Back in October, we launched the Youth Endowment Fund’s (YEF) strategy. It’s an ambitious, long-term plan to find out what really helps prevent children becoming involved in violence and will make their lives safer. To put the strategy into action, we knew we had to make some choices…