Past event archive

Colleagues from across policing and youth justice are invited to join a Virtual Learning Café run by the Youth Endowment Fund in partnership with the Centre for Justice Innovation. This is part of our Evidence in Practice series, giving you opportunity to hear from experts and practitioners. Outcome 22 (O22) was introduced to the crime…

Colleagues from across children’s services were invited to join our Virtual Learning Café run by the Youth Endowment Fund. This is part of our Evidence in Practice series, which sits alongside our Toolkit giving you opportunity to hear from policy experts and practitioners on relevant research and practice. This session focused on supporting children and young people…

Listen to our latest youth sector virtual learning café as part of our evidence in practice series. We are excited to share that this event will explore the crucial role youth work plays in reaching and supporting children from Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds, with a special focus on its role in preventing…

If we want to keep children safe from serious violence, we have to be much more serious about preventing Domestic Abuse and Violence. Dr Jade Levell shares her research on the cross-overs and strategic gaps in policy making between domestic abuse and ‘knife crime’. Guest speaker Dr Jade Levell is a Senior Lecturer in Social…

This summer the UK saw racist and Islamophobic riots in many towns and cities. Despite being heavily in the minority, half of the those supporting the riots believed that most people agreed with them, when only 7% did. They had been radicalised – a process by which people support violent action to achieve goals.How are…

Peer researchers (aged 16-25) from the YEF’s Peer Action Collective (PAC) shared their findings on how the education and youth sectors can best support young people away from violence. PAC is a ground-breaking network of Peer Researchers, Social Action Leads and Changemakers. Young people with lived experience of violence find out what needs to happen…

In this session we took a look at: We were joined by experts: Leigh Middleton –  CEO of the National Youth Agency Oscar Bingham – Director of Research & Impact at UK Youth

Colleagues from across the education sector are invited to join a Virtual Learning Café run by the Youth Endowment Fund in partnership with the Association of Colleges. This is part of our Evidence in Practice series, giving you opportunity to hear from experts and practitioners on our Education Guidance and what it means for further education, sixth…

The session focused on reducing parental conflict. We were joined by:

Crime is highly concentrated. Geographically small, chronically violent hotspots account for a large proportion of the violence and other crimes that occur in urban environments. This virtual learning café described the criminal networks that underlie chronic violent hotspots and introduce an approach to reducing violence called Place Network Investigations (PNI). PNI, grounded in crime science,…

Social skills training helps children think before acting, understand others, communicate effectively, and manage impulsiveness. Research shows that children with these skills are less likely to engage in crime and violence. Delivered through school programs, activities include role-playing, video demonstrations, delayed gratification exercises, and relaxation techniques. We’re keen to share what role youth work plays…

You’re invited to our Virtual Learning Café to learn from programme managers at Family Psychology Mutual who are currently delivering our efficacy study: Functional Family Therapy – Extra-Familial Harm (FFT-EFH) FFT-EFH is an intensive, home-based programme that provides three to five months of therapy to families. The programme is aimed at children aged 10-17 at risk of involvement in…