Whatever It Takes (WIT) is co-founded by social policy leaders including Josh MacAlister who was recently named as chair of the government’s Independent Review of Children’s Social Care in England.
The pilot scheme will launch in Kingston-upon-Thames and Richmond with funding for further programmes already secured.
These will be rolled out across the country after a formal launch later this year, WIT said.
The scheme aims to tackle “deep-seated” problems behind rising gang violence, knife crime or county lines drug running involving young people and children.
Official figures show that more than two-thirds of children released from custody go on to re-offend within 12 months.
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