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Best Practice

The Insight programme and the Blunt Truth workshop help young people understand the risks around knife crime

26 October 2021

Health services and police use school workshop to highlight risks of violence

Nina Jacobs Youth Justice

Dez Johnston: “I got my first taste of youth work and realised that I could help some of these guys not make the same mistakes I had”

26 October 2021

How I Got Here: Reverend Dez Johnston

Director Director Careers

Place2Talk is a drop-in service that aims to help children understand their feelings and ask for support at an early stage. Picture: Place2Be

26 October 2021

How mental health support finds its place in schools

Charlotte Goddard Health

Azerbaijan’s capital Baku has become an important venue for international events. Picture: Leonid Andronov/Adobe Stock

26 October 2021

Youth participation, Azerbaijan

Marc Cairns Youth Work

Boost creative facilitators use creative tools to help participants move into employment, education or training

26 October 2021

Young people at the margins sharpen skills and get jobs boost with the arts

Ella Schwarz Youth Work

Bramfield House School has won praise for its approach to building boys’ confidence. Picture: Bramfield House School

28 September 2021

Therapeutic approach gives SEND pupils bright future

Nina Jacobs Education

Hero Slinn, head of SEND, and Tim Jones, principal educational psychologist, Buckinghamshire County Council

28 September 2021

Service restructure helps Buckinghamshire Council slow rise in SEND cases

Nina Jacobs Special Educational Needs

Clare Erasmus: “I like to think of myself as a wellbeing warrior – someone fighting to ensure our schools are mentally healthy places”

28 September 2021

How I Got Here: Clare Erasmus

Clare Erasmus Education

The Right Angle offers each pupil taking part in the scheme 12 hours of tuition in English and maths and up to 10 hours of counselling. Picture: The Right Angle

28 September 2021

Pupils get the right support to achieve more

Charlotte Goddard Education

A focus on early help and young people’s participation in decisions has contributed to Sunderland’s ‘outstanding’ Ofsted rating. Picture: Christopher Tait/Adobe Stock

28 September 2021

Sunderland City Council: Local Spotlight

Derren Hayes Children's Services

Melland High School pupils learned to develop their own digital projects while participating in the Digital Inc. programme

31 August 2021

Pupils with SEND learn skills for digital careers

Charlotte Goddard

Escuela Nueva has improved access to good-quality education for hard-to-reach children

31 August 2021

Escuela Nueva, Colombia

Fiona Ramsay Education

Anisa Morridadi speaks at Beatfreeks’ Brum Youth Trends event which is supported by the Act for Change Fund. Picture: Curious Rose Photography

31 August 2021

Online festival brings together young social action leaders to shape change

Vivienne Jackson Youth Work

Jack Parsons: “I realised that too many young people are held back and not judged on their ability”

31 August 2021

How I Got Here: Jack Parsons, founder of the Youth Group

Jack Parsons Youth Work

27 July 2021

Transition support for students with disabilities

Charlotte Goddard Social Care