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Find out more about the latest news and developments relating to the Youth Endowment Fund and our work.
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Blog:Leo’s story: How therapy could help us end violence
I want to tell you about a child – aged just ten years old – whose life was being shaped by the violence around him. Leo’s* dad was a gang leader. There were people in his life who were deeply connected to crime and violence. He looked up to them, wanted to be like them.… -
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News:Could addressing trauma help us address crime?
New research finds promising results for therapies that address trauma – but we need more evidence on staff training. -
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Blog:Want to reduce youth violence? Follow the science
Over the summer of 2020, something very odd happened in Southend-on-Sea. In parts of the city, violent crime plummeted not by 10% or 20%, not even by 40% or 50%. It fell by a whopping 74%. There were fewer serious assaults, robberies and drug trafficking offences. What caused this dramatic fall? It couldn’t be the… -
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News:Targeted policing in high-crime areas reduces youth violence, research finds
An approach known as 'hot spots policing' on average reduces violent crime by 14% and overall offending by 17%. -
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Blog:Youth Endowment Fund and Department for Education launch a new resource to help researchers find evidence on systems of support which may impact young people’s involvement in violence
Today, the Youth Endowment Fund (YEF) and Department for Education (DfE) have launched their new Systems Evidence and Gap Map (EGM). -
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News:YEF launches new £500,000 research round
YEF launches a call for proposals for projects that use secondary data analysis to answer key questions about violence prevention policy and practice. -
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Blog:Racial disparity in exclusions: what can data tell us?
At the Youth Endowment Fund (YEF), we know that to achieve our mission to prevent children getting involved in violence, we need to find out what works to improve attendance at school and reduce exclusions. That's why we're investing in programmes and secondary data analysis to find what works. -
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Blog:Download our statistics update to find out about the latest crime trends
Find out what the most recent data tells us about the way crime and violence is affecting young people today -
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Blog:Keeping young people safe at school and improving their life chances
Igraine Rhodes and Sarah Fullick explain why the YEF and EEF are coming together to learn how to improve school attendance and reduce exclusion. -
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News:YEF and EEF launch new grant round
The Youth Endowment Fund (YEF) and Education Endowment Fund (EEF) launch a new, joint grant round to improve attendance at school SENDING PERSONALISED LETTERS OR TEXTS TO PARENTS CAN HELP IMPROVE ATTENDANCE, BUT WIDER EVIDENCE ON HOW TO REDUCE ABSENTEEISM IS WEAK New evidence review looks at findings from 72 studies that aim to improve… -
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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. -
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News:Five local areas selected to each receive up to £1 million to invest in preventing young people’s involvement in crime
The Youth Endowment Fund announces more detail on their plans to empower local people to make decisions about what’s right for their neighbourhood.
