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The Youth Endowment Fund opens multi-million-pound funding round to find what works to protect children from harm outside the home Today [7th March 2023], the Youth Endowment Fund (YEF) has opened a new multi-million pound joint funding round. The money will help local authorities to learn the best ways to keep children safe from violence…

New research finds that schools delivering specialist Relationship and Sex Education lessons can significantly reduce violence in partner relationships Violence in teenage relationships is a significant problem. Previous research has shown that 1 in 7 teenage children watched sexual violence being committed online last year and that 1 in 12 teenage girls were victims of…

Through the Peer Action Collective (PAC), young people met in Liverpool to share research and learn how to make change in their communities.

A YEF report finds that violence – and fear of violence – has far-reaching effects on children in England and Wales today

New research from the YEF Toolkit finds that mentoring approaches could help to reduce crime and violence

The Youth Endowment Fund (YEF) has opened applications for a new multi-million pound funding round to learn more about how trusted adult relationships, outside of the family environment, can help young people on the cusp of offending or re-offending.

Knife bins and high-profile media campaigns are two tactics commonly used across England and Wales to help prevent knife crime. But do they make a difference?

The Youth Endowment Fund and Home Office today announced a joint investment of £6 million in focused deterrence, a strategy developed in the United States that combines communicating the consequences of violence with support to help people move away from crime.