Last July, an initial £6.5m was awarded to 130 organisations to tackle Covid-related issues. A new funding round has now been announced focused on finding the best ways of diverting young people from the criminal justice system.
The YEF wants to know how enrolling children who have offended in diversion programmes can sustainably prevent them from becoming involved in violence later in their lives.
What is diversion?
Diversion programmes offer young people who offend an alternative to arrest, conviction and custody. They may provide support to address a young person’s underlying mental health or substance misuse issues, whole-family interventions that tackle cross generation violent behaviour, or mentoring to help a child control their anger. They tend to offer support at key turning points; that might be at point of arrest, before court action is taken or when a child sustains a serious injury because they’ve been involved in a violent assault.
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