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YJB chair targets over-representation of minority groups in youth justice system

Friday, July 31, 2020

The new chair of the Youth Justice Board (YJB) has said tackling over representation of minority groups in the youth justice system and creating a service that puts the needs of children first are his priorities for the role.

YJB chair Keith Fraser: We need to talk about Black Lives Matter more

Opinion

Tuesday, July 28, 2020

Derren Hayes speaks to the new YJB chair about the Covid-19 response and disproportionality

Opinion – County lines victims need specialist response

Opinion

Tuesday, July 28, 2020

John Drew is former chief executive of the Youth Justice Board

Prison service blocked access to education for children at two YOIs, inspectors find

News

Monday, July 27, 2020

Attempts by prison managers to reintroduce face-to-face education for children at two young offender institutions (YOIs) following the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic were blocked by the prison service and national staff associations, inspectors have said.

Coronavirus daily update: Friday 24 July

News

Friday, July 24, 2020

London Early Years Foundation has called on the government to extend its free school meals voucher scheme to nursery-age children during the summer holidays, saying it would be "morally wrong and negligent" to exclude the sector.

Youth Endowment Fund announces 130 organisations granted share of £6.5m

News

Wednesday, July 22, 2020

More than 100 organisations helping to prevent children becoming involved in violent crime have been granted a share of £6.5m by the Youth Endowment Fund.

Back schools with funding or risk ‘spike in youth violence’, report warns

News

Friday, July 17, 2020

Schools need to be backed by the government with extra funding to avert a spike in school exclusions and youth violence as the UK recovers from coronavirus pandemic, a report has warned.

Coronavirus daily update: Wednesday 15 July

News

Wednesday, July 15, 2020

Young people in the secure estate will now be able to receive visits as restrictions imposed at the start of the coronavirus lockdown are lifted.

Police criticised for their ‘inconsistent’ dealings with young people during lockdown

News

Wednesday, July 15, 2020

Young people have criticised the police for their inconsistent approach to dealing with young people during the coronavirus pandemic, a damning survey has found.

Children in STCs can be kept in cells for 22-hours-a-day under new measures

News

Tuesday, July 7, 2020

The government has passed emergency legislation allowing children in secure training centres (STCs) to be locked in cells for up to 22-and-a-half hours a day.

Cardiff YOS rated ‘inadequate’ in all areas, inspection finds

News

Thursday, July 2, 2020

A multi-agency partnership-led youth offending service has been rated "inadequate" across every aspect of its work, raising serious concerns about the effectiveness of its provision.

Leicester lockdown: Concern over 'negative' impact of tightened restrictions on young people

News

Wednesday, July 1, 2020

Sector leaders in Leicester have raised concerns over the impact of a local lockdown on children and young people.

Young prisoners 'spending 22 hours a day in cells' due to pandemic, charities warn

News

Friday, June 26, 2020

Young adults and children in custody are facing up to 22 hours a day in cells and missing out on education during the Covid-19 pandemic, justice charities have warned.

Covid-19 court delays lead to more children convicted as adults, report warns

News

Tuesday, June 23, 2020

Hundreds of young offenders face being convicted as adults due to delays in the criminal justice system caused by the coronavirus crisis, new research shows.

CYP Now launches #Chances4Children campaign

Features

Tuesday, June 23, 2020

CYP Now is today launching its #Chances4Children campaign to champion the vital work being done to improve the lives of disadvantaged children and young people.

Review sets out reforms to painful restraint use but stops short of calling for outright ban

News

Thursday, June 18, 2020

A long-awaited review of the pain-inducing restraint in the youth justice system has stopped short of recommending an outright ban on the use of such techniques.

Have your say on revised advocacy standards and regulations

Blogs

Thursday, June 18, 2020

Carolyne Willow of charity Article 39 sets out why a consultation on revisions to advocacy standards and regulations are so important.

Custody for children should be a 'last resort', disproportionality report urges

News

Monday, June 15, 2020

An alliance of youth justice organisations is calling on the government to ensure custodial sentences for children are used only as a last resort to tackle disproportionality in the youth justice system.

Medway YOT praised for ‘slow but determined’ progress

News

Thursday, June 4, 2020

A youth offending team (YOT) under threat of being outsourced has been praised for “slowly but determinedly” rebuilding itself to meet the changing needs of its young offenders.