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Essence Youth Mentoring, Birmingham
December 18, 2024
“Right now, there’s gang violence happening in the Newtown area and many of our girls and young men are scared to come out,” says Kasharel Belle. For Kasharel and her co-founder, Natina Whitter, who runs Essence Youth Mentoring from The Lighthouse Young People’s Centre in Birmingham, the impact of local violence is an ongoing challenge.…
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Children, Violence and Vulnerability 2024
November 20, 2024
This is YEF’s third annual Children, violence and vulnerability report. This year, YEF surveyed over 10,000 teenage children aged 13-17 in England and Wales about their experiences of violence. Amid the everyday pressures of adolescence — school, friendships and self-discovery — many teenagers are also having to navigate a more troubling issue: violence. This year’s…
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New research finds nutrition programmes could help reduce aggression, anti-social behaviour and violence
March 26, 2025
New research from the Youth Endowment Fund (YEF) suggests that improving children’s diets through targeted nutrition programmes may help to reduce aggression and anti-social behaviour, particularly among those with neurodiverse conditions. The research was undertaken as part of the YEF’s commitment to finding what works to prevent children and young people from becoming involved in…
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