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Evaluating services during a pandemic: learning from our COVID-19 grant round In July 2020, we launched our £6.4m COVID-19 Grant Round. We had two aims: first, to provide targeted support to young people at risk of being involved in violence during the pandemic; and second, to learn fast about the best ways to reach young people during a period of physical distancing. …

Today, the Youth Endowment Fund (YEF) has added new evidence to their Toolkit, a free online resource which summarises research on what works - and what doesn’t - to reduce youth violence.

The Youth Endowment Fund have announced that they’ll invest almost £18 million in ten projects which all support over 7,300 children and young people by giving them another chance.

The Step Together project has initially partnered with Erdington Academy in Birmingham and will see youth workers based along routes to school, acting as trusted adults and a point of contact. 

Today sees the launch of a £5.2 million ground-breaking new youth-led network called the Peer Action Collective (PAC).

Finding out how support for families can prevent violence The Youth Endowment Fund and Comic Relief open applications for their £10 million programme to find out how family support can prevent violence and publish a summary of what we already know Today [27/09/21], the Youth Endowment Fund (YEF) and Comic Relief have set opened their…

Today, the Youth Endowment Fund (YEF) has announced it will invest in two innovative new evaluations, working exclusively with smaller organisations.

The Youth Endowment Fund and Comic Relief launch £10m programme to prevent children becoming involved in violence.