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  • Peer Action Collective
    Feasibility study

    Offers children and young people the opportunity to take an active role in preventing violence by doing research and taking action to improve their communities.

    Organisation name:

    Peer Action Collective – East Midlands partner – StreetGames

    Funding round:

    Peer Action Collective
  • Agency Collaboration Fund Round 2
    Feasibility & Pilot study

    A set of locally developed approaches that provide targeted support to children and young people at risk of involvement in serious violence and criminal exploitation.

    Organisation name:

    Cardiff Council

    Funding round:

    A supportive home

    Activity type:

    Contextual safeguarding
  • Face It
    Pilot study

    A social and emotional skills development programme for 11-16 year olds.

    Organisation name:

    Khulisa

    Funding round:

    Targeted projects

    Activity type:

    Social skills training
  • The Neighbourhood Fund
    Implementation and Process evaluation

    Understanding if and how empowering people to make decisions about their local neighbourhoods can prevent children from becoming involved in violence.

    Organisation name:

    Aston Villa Foundation

    Funding round:

    Neighbourhood Fund - Round 1
  • Detached Youth Work
    Feasibility study

    A study on the feasibility of robustly evaluating detached youth work

    Organisation name:

    Detached Youth Work

    Funding round:

    A trusted adult

    Activity types:

    Mentoring, Positive things to do, Sports programmes
  • Police in Classrooms
    Feasibility & Pilot study

    Understanding what the police are currently delivering in classrooms and designing an evaluation to test the impact of these lessons.

    Organisation name:

    PSHE Association

    Funding round:

    Targeted projects

    Activity type:

    Police in schools
  • Police in Corridors
    Feasibility & Pilot study

    Understanding the role that police currently play in schools and exploring how to robustly evaluate this.

    Organisation name:

    National Police Chiefs’ Council 

    Funding round:

    Targeted projects

    Activity type:

    Police in schools
  • Standard Teen Triple P Programme
    Pilot study

    A 10-week parenting programme for the parents of children at the Edge-of-Care.

    Organisation name:

    Triple P UK td

    Funding round:

    A supportive home

    Activity type:

    Parenting programmes
  • Alternative Provision Specialist Taskforce
    Impact evaluation

    Providing specialist support to alternative provision schools to improve their skills and capabilities

    Organisation name:

    Alternative Provision Specialist Taskforces (APST) | Department for Education

    Funding round:

    Targeted projects

    Activity type:

    Support to engage with school
  • Prosiect Cerridwen Media Academy Cymru
    Pilot study

    Rhaglen fentora chwe mis ar gyfer plant yng Nghaerdydd, Abertawe a Merthyr Tudful sydd mewn perygl o fod yn gysylltiedig â thrais.

    Organisation name:

    Media Academy Cymru Ltd

    Funding round:

    A trusted adult

    Activity type:

    Mentoring
  • Media Academy Cymru’s Cerridwen Project
    Pilot study

    A six-month mentoring programme for children in Cardiff, Swansea and Merthyr Tydfil who are at risk of involvement in violence.

    Organisation name:

    Media Academy Cymru Ltd

    Funding round:

    A trusted adult

    Activity type:

    Mentoring
  • Summer Jobs
    Feasibility study

    Paid summer employment for young people at risk of involvement in violence.

    Organisation name:

    UK Youth

    Funding round:

    Targeted projects

    Activity type:

    Summer Jobs
  • Step Together
    Feasibility & Pilot study

    Placing trained chaperones on school routes to prevent crime and anti-social behaviour.

    Organisation name:

    West Midlands Violence Reduction Unit

    Funding round:

    Targeted projects

    Activity type:

    Positive things to do
  • Tavistock MBT-PP
    Pilot study

    Ten sessions of MBT for parents who are experiencing conflict with one another.

    Organisation name:

    Tavistock Relationships

    Funding round:

    A supportive home

    Activity type:

    Parenting programmes
  • Emotion Coaching
    Feasibility study

    A 12 session group-based parenting programme targeted at mothers who have been exposed to domestic abuse.

    Organisation name:

    Solace Women’s Aid

    Funding round:

    A supportive home

    Activity type:

    Domestic abuse
  • Turnaround Programme
    Scoping

    Voluntary support for children who have had limited involvement with the Youth Justice System but do not meet thresholds for statutory intervention.

    Organisation name:

    Turnaround Programme

    Funding round:

    Targeted projects

    Activity type:

    Pre-court diversion
  • UK Summer Jobs Programme 
    Scoping

    Exploring the viability of establishing and evaluating a Summer Youth Employment Scheme (SYEP)in the UK.

    Organisation name:

    UK Youth

    Funding round:

    Targeted projects

    Activity type:

    Summer Jobs
  • VPT De Cymru
    Implementation and Process evaluation

    Nyrsys mewn adrannau achosion brys ysbytai sy’n arwain Timau Atal Trais (VPT), a’u nod yw canfod a chefnogi cleifion sy’n mynd i’r ysbyty gydag anafiadau sy’n gysylltiedig â thrais.

    Organisation name:

    South Wales VPU

    Funding round:

    Another chance - Diversion from the criminal justice system

    Activity type:

    Hospital-based intervention
  • South Wales VPU
    Implementation and Process evaluation

    Nurse-led teams in hospital emergency departments that aim to identify and support patients who attend hospital with injuries associated with violence.

    Organisation name:

    South Wales VPU

    Funding round:

    Another chance - Diversion from the criminal justice system

    Activity type:

    Hospital-based intervention
  • SFSC: Safer Lives Parenting programme
    Feasibility study

    A 13-week parenting programme that aims to reduce children’s involvement in violence.

    Organisation name:

    Race Equality Foundation

    Funding round:

    A supportive home

    Activity type:

    Parenting programmes
  • United Borders: B.U.S programme
    Pilot study

    A 10-week music mentoring intervention for 10-17 year olds.

    Organisation name:

    United Borders

    Funding round:

    Another chance - Diversion from the criminal justice system

    Activity types:

    Arts participation, Mentoring
  • Redthread
    Pilot study

    A pilot evaluation of an A and E navigator programme.

    Organisation name:

    Redthread Youth Limited

    Funding round:

    Another chance - Diversion from the criminal justice system

    Activity type:

    A and E navigators
  • Mentoring Multi-Site Trial
    Efficacy study

    Evaluating the impact of 12-weeks of mentoring, delivered by 17 small organisations to 10-17 year olds at-risk of involvement in violence.  

    Organisation name:

    Multi-site trial: Mentoring

    Funding round:

    Multi-site trials

    Activity type:

    Mentoring
  • Focused Deterrence
    Implementation and Process evaluation

    A violence reduction approach that uses deterrence messaging and enforcement, desistance support and community influence.

    Organisation name:

    West Midlands Violence Reduction Unit

    Funding round:

    Agency Collaboration: Focused deterrence

    Activity type:

    Focused deterrence
  • Grassroots
    Pilot study

    An anti-conflict programme for year 7-9 children

    Organisation name:

    Behavioural Insights Team

    Funding round:

    A safe, positive place to learn

    Activity type:

    Anti-bullying programmes
  • Mental Health Foundation: Becoming a Man (BAM)
    Feasibility & Pilot study

    School-based social skills training for 12-14 year old boys, delivered via weekly group sessions

    Organisation name:

    Mental Health Foundation

    Funding round:

    Launch grant round

    Activity type:

    Social skills training
  • YES Outdoors
    Feasibility study

    A nine-month, three-stage mentoring programme (including climbing, bicycle maintenance and an Outward Bound Trust residential)

    Organisation name:

    YES Outdoors

    Funding round:

    Another chance - Diversion from the criminal justice system

    Activity type:

    Mentoring
  • NSPCC DART
    Feasibility study

    A support programme for mothers, who are victims of domestic abuse, to develop their relationship with their child and support their child’s recovery from domestic abuse

    Organisation name:

    NSPCC

    Funding round:

    A supportive home

    Activity type:

    Domestic abuse
  • Divert Plus
    Pilot study

    Targeted support for children who have been arrested.

    Organisation name:

    Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Violence Reduction Partnership

    Funding round:

    Another chance - Diversion from the criminal justice system

    Activity type:

    Pre-court diversion
  • REMEDI
    Pilot study

    Mentoring and restorative justice work for 10-17 year olds displaying violent behaviour.

    Organisation name:

    REMEDI- Restorative Services

    Funding round:

    Another chance - Diversion from the criminal justice system

    Activity type:

    Restorative justice
  • Transition Hub for Children Looked After
    Feasibility & Pilot study

    Inreach and Outreach support for Children Looked After

    Organisation name:

    Achieving for Children

    Funding round:

    Launch grant round

    Activity type:

    Support to engage with school
  • STEER
    Pilot study

    A six-month mentoring, coaching, family support and case management programme for 10-17s.

    Organisation name:

    Salford Foundation Ltd

    Funding round:

    Another chance - Diversion from the criminal justice system

    Activity type:

    Pre-court diversion
  • Your Choice
    Pilot study

    Training youth practitioners to deliver CBT techniques to 11-17 year olds

    Organisation name:

    London VRU

    Funding round:

    Another chance - Diversion from the criminal justice system

    Activity type:

    Psychological therapies
  • RESET
    Feasibility study

    Multi-systemic therapy adapted for children at risk of child criminal exploitation.

    Organisation name:

    Multisystemic Therapy (MST) UK and Ireland

    Funding round:

    Launch grant round

    Activity type:

    Psychological therapies
  • Rugby Football League: Educate Mentoring Programme
    Feasibility & Pilot study

    12 week mentoring programme delivered by the Rugby Football League

    Organisation name:

    The Rugby Football League Limited

    Funding round:

    Positive activities

    Activity type:

    Sports programmes
  • Brandon Centre: SIT
    Feasibility & Pilot study

    12-month programme of therapeutic support to reduce youth violence, crime and anti-social behaviour.

    Organisation name:

    Brandon Centre for Counselling and Psychotherapy for Young People

    Funding round:

    Launch grant round

    Activity type:

    Psychological therapies
  • The Confident Resilient Children Project
    Feasibility & Pilot study

    Classes and mentoring for 9 to 11 year olds to build resilience and confidence and keep them safe from exploitation.

    Organisation name:

    The Titan Partnership

    Funding round:

    Launch grant round

    Activity types:

    Mentoring, Social skills training
  • RISE: Child to Parent Violence Programme
    Feasibility & Pilot study

    Parental training sessions that aim to reduce violence towards parents

    Organisation name:

    RISE Mutual CIC

    Funding round:

    Launch grant round

    Activity type:

    Parenting programmes
  • Re-Frame
    Pilot study

    Two information and reflection sessions for 10-17 year olds in custody found in possession of class B or C drugs.

    Organisation name:

    We Are With You

    Funding round:

    Another chance - Diversion from the criminal justice system

    Activity type:

    Pre-court diversion
  • Empire Fighting Chance
    Feasibility & Pilot study

    Non-contact boxing and mentoring for at risk young people.

    Organisation name:

    Empire Fighting Chance

    Funding round:

    Launch grant round

    Activity type:

    Sports programmes
  • LNK Educate
    Feasibility & Pilot study

    Universal school-based workshops and targeted mentoring designed to improve understanding of knife crime

    Organisation name:

    Lives Not Knives

    Funding round:

    Launch grant round

    Activity type:

    Knife education programmes
  • Family Support
    Feasibility & Pilot study

    Six months of tailored support for the families of ‘at-risk’ 10-14 year olds.

    Organisation name:

    Family Support

    Funding round:

    Launch grant round

    Activity type:

    Parenting programmes
  • ASSIST Trauma Care
    Feasibility & Pilot study

    6-12 months of intensive mentoring and trauma-informed therapeutic support,

    Organisation name:

    ASSIST Trauma Care

    Funding round:

    Launch grant round

    Activity type:

    Mentoring
  • The SHARP project
    Feasibility study

    Simulation-based Holistic Approach to reducing and Preventing Knife Violence (SHARP)

    Organisation name:

    Imperial College London

    Funding round:

    Launch grant round

    Activity type:

    Knife education programmes
  • The Reach Programme
    Feasibility study

    Mentoring for 11-16 year olds at risk of school suspension.

    Organisation name:

    Violence Reduction Network for Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland

    Funding round:

    Another chance - Diversion from the criminal justice system

    Activity type:

    Mentoring
  • The DIVERT Programme
    Feasibility & Pilot study

    Mentoring and holistic wrap-around support for 10-14 year olds who have attended a youth custody suite.

    Organisation name:

    London Borough of Lambeth

    Funding round:

    Launch grant round

    Activity types:

    Mentoring, Pre-court diversion
  • Thurston Family Resilience Project
    Pilot study

    Resilience skill sessions, residential trips and a social action project.

    Organisation name:

    South Tyneside Council

    Funding round:

    Launch grant round

    Activity types:

    Parenting programmes, Wilderness and Adventure activities
  • The Respect Project
    Pilot study

    Eight life skills sessions and a week long residential to support young people to re-engage with education.

    Organisation name:

    Essex Boys and Girls Clubs

    Funding round:

    Launch grant round

    Activity type:

    Interventions to prevent school exclusion
  • St Christopher’s Fellowship Protective Sibling Mentoring Programme
    Feasibility study

    10 weeks of mentoring for those with siblings known to, or at risk of involvement in, the youth justice system.

    Organisation name:

    St Christopher’s Fellowship

    Funding round:

    Launch grant round

    Activity type:

    Mentoring
  • Hospital Navigators: Multi-Site Trial
    Feasibility study

    A Multi-Site trial of trained individuals in A&E who talk to at-risk patients and provide support that aims to prevent involvement in violence.

    Organisation name:

    Multi-site trial: Hospital navigators

    Funding round:

    Multi-site trials

    Activity type:

    A and E navigators
  • Functional Family Therapy Gangs (FFT-G)
    Pilot study

    An intensive, home-based, family therapy programme, that provides 3-5 months of therapy to families.

    Organisation name:

    Family Psychology Mutual CIC

    Funding round:

    Launch grant round

    Activity type:

    Psychological therapies
  • Branching Out
    Pilot study

    In-school social and emotional skills sessions, detached youth work and a targeted 12-week programme.

    Organisation name:

    Wakefield Council Youth Work Team

    Funding round:

    Launch grant round

    Activity types:

    Mentoring, Social skills training
  • SW!TCH Lives
    Feasibility study

    Universal workshops and targeted mentoring for 11-14 year olds.

    Organisation name:

    LifeLine Community Projects

    Funding round:

    Launch grant round

    Activity type:

    Mentoring
  • Level Up
    Pilot study

    Online sessions for children and parents/carers between Year 6 and 7 to support the transition to secondary school.

    Organisation name:

    The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust

    Funding round:

    Launch grant round

    Activity type:

    Parenting programmes
  • Pause 4 Thought (P4T)
    Feasibility study

    Sessions for at risk 10-14 year olds to develop self-awareness, self-responsibility, and change behaviour.

    Organisation name:

    Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council

    Funding round:

    Launch grant round

    Activity type:

    Psychological therapies
  • SHiFT
    Feasibility study

    Tailored support for 12-19 year olds at risk of offending.

    Organisation name:

    SHiFT

    Funding round:

    Targeted projects

    Activity type:

    Psychological therapies
  • DARE25
    Efficacy study

    Weekly in-school sessions for Year 6 children to reduce behavioural and emotional difficulties.

    Organisation name:

    Life Skills Education Charity

    Funding round:

    Launch grant round

    Activity type:

    Social skills training