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The Home Office has invested £4m into the initiative. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 29 September 2023

Home Office and YEF to invest in childhood trauma response training

Sadiq Khan takes part in a catering workshop delivered by Sweet Dee’s Jerk at the funding launch. Picture: CYP Now/Mankirat Kaur

News 28 September 2023

Mayor of London invests £3.4m in after-school programmes to reduce violence

New guidance ‘strengthens the argument’ for moving away from metal handcuffs. Picture: Jan H. Andersen/Adobe Stock

Analysis 26 September 2023

Briefing: custody restraint ban

More young people are now accessing specialist services such as assessments for autism and ADHD. Picture: Photographee.eu/Adobe Stock

Features 26 September 2023

Inspections clinic: Youth justice services

Researchers are calling for duties on local authorities to prevent criminalisation of children in the care system. Picture: Adobe Stock/ Motortion.

News 25 September 2023

One in three children in care enter youth justice system, study finds

Sue McAllister is former prisons and probation ombudsman. Picture: Office of the PPO

News 25 September 2023

Former prisons ombudsman appointed as chief inspector of probation

Gillian Keegan has been urged to implement a definition of CCE. Picture: UK Parliament

News 22 September 2023

MPs call for statutory definition of child criminal exploitation

John Drew is senior associate at the Prison Reform Trust

Opinion 21 September 2023

Child impact assessments give courts full picture

Picture: pikselstock/Adobe Stock

Features 1 September 2023

Children's Workforce Guide to Qualifications and Training 2023/24

Other 1 September 2023

Guide to Qualifications and Training: Youth Justice

News 31 August 2023

Inside CYP Now this month: Residential youth work, Care Review pilot, youth justice trends

In 2022/23, 42 per cent of children in the youth custody estate were on remand. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 31 August 2023

MoJ considers stripping councils of youth remand funding

'We saw a service that is enthusiastic about giving children the opportunity to move away from a life of crime,' Russell says in his report. Picture: HMI Probation

Analysis 30 August 2023

Justin Russell charts key youth justice developments

The secure school aims to equip children with new skills and improved wellbeing to reduce reoffending rates. Picture: Monkey Business/Adobe Stock

Other 30 August 2023

Resettlement of Children: Key policy developments

Activities such as art and sport will help young people build their sense of identity. Picture: Syda Productions/Adobe Stock

Best Practice 30 August 2023

Partnership offers alternative to custody in London