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  • Excluded Initiative | John Lyon’s Charity and The London Community Foundation
    Targeted projects
    Completed
    Excluded Initiative offers special support to secondary schools in London by building their inclusion capacity and expertise to drive down exclusions.

    Funding:

    £97,500

    Activity type:

    Support to engage with school
    Completed
  • Support, Attain, Fulfil, Exceed (SAFE) Taskforces | Department for Education
    Targeted projects
    In progress
    The SAFE programme delivers targeted interventions to reduce truancy, improve behaviours, and reduce the risk of individuals failing to enter education, employment or training (NEET).

    Funding:

    £891,000

    Activity type:

    Support to engage with school

    Evaluation types:

    Efficacy study
    In progress
  • Alternative Provision Specialist Taskforces (APST) | Department for Education
    Targeted projects
    In progress
    Alternative provision specialist taskforces will work directly with young people in alternative provision settings to offer intensive support from experts.

    Funding:

    £522,000 (evaluation)

    Activity type:

    Support to engage with school

    Evaluation types:

    Efficacy study
    In progress
  • Violence Reduction Network for Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland
    Another chance - Diversion from the criminal justice system
    In progress
    The Reach project is a new six month intensive mentoring intervention for young people at risk of exclusion or whom have received a fixed-term exclusion.

    Project name:

    The Reach Programme

    Funding:

    £990,940

    Activity type:

    Mentoring

    Evaluation types:

    Pilot study
    In progress
  • Salford Foundation
    Another chance - Diversion from the criminal justice system
    In progress
    The programme pairs young people with a youth worker for six months, following referral from Greater Manchester Police.

    Project name:

    STEER

    Funding:

    £1,397,941

    Activity type:

    Pre-court diversion

    Evaluation types:

    Efficacy study, Pilot study
    In progress
  • REMEDI – Restorative Services
    Another chance - Diversion from the criminal justice system
    In progress
    The programme’s team of trained Restorative Justice Mentors work with children and young people who’ve displayed violent behaviours.

    Project name:

    REMEDI

    Funding:

    £1,580,080

    Activity type:

    Restorative justice

    Evaluation types:

    Feasibility study, Pilot study
    In progress
  • Wakefield Council Youth Work Team
    Launch grant round
    Completed
    The programme uses street-based outreach, school-based activities, mentoring and youth-led social action to empower young people.

    Project name:

    Branching Out

    Funding:

    £638,397

    Activity type:

    Mentoring, Social skills training

    Evaluation types:

    Feasibility study, Pilot study
    Completed
  • The Titan Partnership
    Launch grant round
    Completed
    The project aims to help young people respond to challenging situations through digital interactive stories and targeted mentoring support.

    Project name:

    The Confident Resilient Children Project

    Funding:

    £508,004

    Activity type:

    Mentoring, Social skills training

    Evaluation types:

    Feasibility study, Pilot study
    Completed
  • The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust
    Launch grant round
    Completed
    The programme supports young people with impulsive or disruptive behaviour at the key transition phase of primary to secondary school.

    Project name:

    Level Up

    Funding:

    £728,156

    Activity type:

    Parenting programmes

    Evaluation types:

    Feasibility study, Pilot study
    Completed
  • Roots of Empathy
    Launch grant round
    In progress
    The programme aims to reduce aggression in school children and increase empathy by coaching pupils to connect with a baby.

    Funding:

    £373,686

    Evaluation types:

    Efficacy study
    In progress
  • Mental Health Foundation
    Launch grant round
    In progress
    The Becoming a Man programme works to develop social-emotional skills and encourage positive anger expression.

    Project name:

    Mental Health Foundation: Becoming a Man (BAM)

    Funding:

    £1,643,164

    Activity type:

    Social skills training

    Evaluation types:

    Feasibility study, Pilot study
    In progress
  • Lives Not Knives
    Launch grant round
    Completed
    Delivers training and resources about violence prevention to teachers and support staff in schools.

    Project name:

    LNK Educate

    Funding:

    £799,000

    Activity type:

    Knife education programmes

    Evaluation types:

    Feasibility study, Pilot study
    Completed