Impact stories

“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.…

As part of the Department for Education-funded £30 million SAFE Taskforce programme, Bradford was identified as one of 10 areas nationally where youth violence presents a significant problem. In 2022, Bradford was allocated £3.3 million by the DfE to bring together a group of local schools to reduce children’s vulnerability to serious violence. And so,…

Saffron Valley Collegiate is a Pupil Referral Unit with five provisions for children with a variety of needs including those who have been permanently excluded, those at risk of permanent exclusion, and other challenges within mainstream schools. Their Alternative Provision Specialist Taskforce (APST) team was set up as part of the Department for Education’s funding…