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…
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…
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.
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.
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…