Safe Podcast

Conversations about preventing violence affecting children and young people.

At some point, violence affects us all. For some children, it is a daily reality. Every year, hundreds of young people across England and Wales are killed or injured by a sharp object. 5% of teenagers carry a weapon, 20% are a recent victim of violence and most worry about it.

Safe is a podcast from the Youth Endowment Fund exploring why violence affects children and young people, and what actually works to prevent it. Each episode brings together researchers, youth workers, practitioners and campaigners to discuss evidence-led approaches to reducing violence across England and Wales.

But whilst violence is happening every day, it is prevented, too – we just don’t hear enough about it. Why does it happen? How can we solve it?

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What the Safe Podcast covers

Across the series, the Safe Podcast explores topics including:

Why violence affects children and young people
Contextual safeguarding and community responsibility
Evidence-led approaches to preventing youth violence
The role of schools, services and neighbourhoods

Hosted by Ciaran Thapar, author, youth worker and Director of External Affairs and Youth Understanding at YEF – Safe is a conversation about violence affecting children and young people with those working to stop it.