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Youth workers in emergency departments 'reduce youth violence'

Thursday, December 2, 2021

| CYP Now

Schemes that place youth workers in hospital A&E departments show “real promise” in keeping children safe from involvement in violence, researchers have said.

#Chances4Children: NCS and Onside lead events to tackle youth violence

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Friday, September 17, 2021

| CYP Now

Youth organisations have joined forces to host a series of workshops designed to combat youth violence.

Youth Endowment Fund to support violence reduction research

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Monday, September 13, 2021

| CYP Now

More than £700,000 has been awarded by the Youth Endowment Fund to support research into keeping children safe from violence, it has been announced.

London Mayor ploughs £4.7m into tackling exclusions and violence in schools

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Thursday, November 14, 2019

| CYP Now

Schools in areas of London blighted by youth violence are to be handed £4.7m to prevent children from being excluded and to better protect them after hometime.

Serious violence: £200m fund opens to youth projects

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Monday, December 10, 2018

| CYP Now

A £200m government fund to tackle rising levels of serious youth violence by supporting projects that help vulnerable children aged between 10 and 14, has opened to bids.

'County lines' child trafficker convicted in landmark case

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Friday, October 5, 2018

| CYP Now

A drug dealer has been jailed for 14 years in the first successful prosecution under legislation to tackle "county lines" crime, in which gangs exploit vulnerable children to establish drug networks.

Primary staff 'frustrated and angry' at lack of help to steer children from gangs

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Tuesday, March 13, 2018

| CYP Now

Staff in primary schools often feel powerless to support young people at risk of getting involved with gangs, because they are not getting the help they need from within the school or from other local agencies, a report has warned.

London mayor announces £45m investment for youth services

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Tuesday, February 13, 2018

| CYP Now

The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has announced plans to invest £45m in youth services over the next three years in a bid to divert young people in London away from crime.

Labour urges action on youth knife crime

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Monday, December 4, 2017

| CYP Now

Labour has called on the government to deploy youth workers in hospitals to counter the growing number of young people dying from knife crime.

Hospital-based youth work initiative to extend to Birmingham and Nottingham

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Monday, November 6, 2017

| CYP Now

An initiative that sees youth workers placed in hospital emergency departments to engage victims of gang violence is set to expand to Birmingham and Nottingham.

MPs to probe rise in knife crime in wake of spate of deaths

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Friday, September 15, 2017

| CYP Now

A new cross-party group of MPs and peers has been launched to investigate the rise in knife crime across the UK.

Sale of controversial water cannons set to fund youth projects

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Monday, December 19, 2016

| CYP Now

Three unused water cannons bought by former London Mayor Boris Johnson are to be sold, with the proceeds invested into youth projects, it has been announced.

London gangs project transforms thousands of young lives

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Wednesday, November 2, 2016

| CYP Now

??A London-based project for those caught up in gangs has transformed the lives of thousands of young people in 10 years, analysis shows.??

Council revamps youth service to target potential offenders

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Thursday, May 26, 2016

| CYP Now

Young people involved in crime and at risk of exclusion from school will be the main focus of a London borough "new-look" youth service, it has been announced.

Boris Johnson awards funding to gang violence project

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Monday, March 14, 2016

| CYP Now

An award-winning service that places specialist youth workers in hospital emergency departments to tackle gang violence has been extended for another year after Mayor of London Boris Johnson agreed to £345,000 of extra funding.

Nacro to close Neet education centres

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Friday, June 5, 2015

| CYP Now

Crime reduction charity Nacro is closing five education centres for young people who are not in employment, education, or training (Neet) due to a £4m shortfall in income, CYP Now has learned.

Gang prevention work needs to start in primary school, say MPs

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Friday, February 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Urgent action is needed in schools to warn pupils as young as seven of the dangers of gang involvement, according to a report by MPs.

Hospital youth work scheme set for London-wide expansion

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Wednesday, February 18, 2015

| CYP Now

An award-winning service that places specialist youth workers in hospital emergency departments in an effort to tackle gang violence is to be expanded across London.

NE Lincolnshire considers youth service overhaul

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Wednesday, March 19, 2014

| CYP Now

An overhaul of North East Lincolnshire's youth services will see the department's budget cut by a quarter.

Daily roundup: Sexual grooming, palliative care and youth offending

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Friday, December 20, 2013

| CYP Now

Report blames sexual grooming of young girls on police failings; MPs call for fairer children's palliative care funding; and a youth offending service in Teeside wins praise, all in the news today.

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Youth workers in emergency departments 'reduce youth violence'

#Chances4Children: NCS and Onside lead events to tackle youth violence

Youth Endowment Fund to support violence reduction research

London Mayor ploughs £4.7m into tackling exclusions and violence in schools

Serious violence: £200m fund opens to youth projects

'County lines' child trafficker convicted in landmark case

Primary staff 'frustrated and angry' at lack of help to steer children from gangs

London mayor announces £45m investment for youth services

Labour urges action on youth knife crime

Hospital-based youth work initiative to extend to Birmingham and Nottingham

MPs to probe rise in knife crime in wake of spate of deaths

Sale of controversial water cannons set to fund youth projects

London gangs project transforms thousands of young lives

Council revamps youth service to target potential offenders

Boris Johnson awards funding to gang violence project

Nacro to close Neet education centres

Gang prevention work needs to start in primary school, say MPs

Hospital youth work scheme set for London-wide expansion

NE Lincolnshire considers youth service overhaul

Daily roundup: Sexual grooming, palliative care and youth offending

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