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Concern over increase in county lines grooming during pandemic

Thursday, December 16, 2021

| CYP Now

Almost half of parents and carers say the risk of children being exploited by drug gangs in their local area has increased during the pandemic, according to The Children’s Society.

DfE school attendance scheme targets youth violence ‘hotspots’

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Friday, December 3, 2021

| CYP Now

The Department for Education has named 10 areas with high levels of youth violence to benefit from a £30m scheme to reduce truancy and exclusion rates in schools.

Youth workers in emergency departments 'reduce youth violence'

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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.

Vulnerable children face growing risk of child criminal exploitation, Barnardo’s warns

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Friday, October 22, 2021

| CYP Now

Vulnerable children are at increasing risk of child criminal exploitation but police forces and other agencies often lack the training and skills to effectively protect them, research by Barnardo’s reveals.

Campaign to improve mental health support for young black men in prisons

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Friday, October 8, 2021

| CYP Now

More than a third of UK adults think mental health support offered to young black men in prisons is not effective in preventing reoffending, research by a prisons charity shows.

#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.

Home Office-backed youth advocates to take on knife crime

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Thursday, February 14, 2019

| CYP Now

Community leaders including sports coaches and youth workers are to be offered specialist training to have "safe conversations" with young people, aimed at combating knife crime.

New director for London's Violence Reduction Unit

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Thursday, January 24, 2019

| CYP Now

The Mayor of London has recruited the leader of Lambeth Council to head up the capital's Violence Reduction Unit.

Youth parliamentarians target knife crime

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Thursday, January 24, 2019

| CYP Now

Tackling knife crime has reached the top of the agenda for youth parliamentarians after more than a million young people voted to prioritise the issue.

Google to fund charities to tackle youth violence

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Wednesday, December 12, 2018

| CYP Now

Internet giant Google will provide grants totalling £600,000 to charities and community organisations as part of efforts to tackle violent crime, it has been announced.

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.

Police moped crime tactics risk young lives, campaigners warn

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Monday, November 26, 2018

| CYP Now

New police tactics to prevent moped-related crime that includes knocking juvenile drivers off motorcycles have been criticised as dangerous by an expert in state-related deaths.

Drones and artificial intelligence to tackle youth violence? Home Office seeks 'innovative' ideas

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Thursday, November 1, 2018

| CYP Now

New technological ways of tackling serious youth violence - such as the use of drones or artificial intelligence (AI) to identify people carrying knives - are set to be considered as part of a government drive to develop innovative ideas.

'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.

Crime prevention initiative set for expansion

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Friday, April 20, 2018

| CYP Now

A pilot programme that works with young offenders as soon as they are taken into police custody in a bid to help divert them from crime and find work is to be expanded.

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.

LGA warns government against further youth offending cuts

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Monday, March 5, 2018

| CYP Now

Years of success at tackling youth crime will be threatened unless the government maintains funding for tackling and preventing youth offending, the Local Government Association (LGA) has warned.

Council to boost youth work spending by £90K

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Wednesday, February 14, 2018

| CYP Now

A council is set to invest an additional £90,000 in youth services after making support for young people a priority for extra investment over the next financial year.

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.

Police forces praised for action on criminalisation in children's homes

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Monday, December 18, 2017

| CYP Now

Joint action by care home providers and police to tackle the criminalisation of children in residential care is dramatically reducing the number of inappropriate call-outs, research has found.

Inspectors blame council failings for unsafe placement of young offenders

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Thursday, December 14, 2017

| CYP Now

Council failures are to blame for the placement of one in three homeless young offenders in unsuitable and unsafe accommodation across England and Wales, according to probation inspectors.

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.

Two thirds of police forces report issue with 'county lines' child exploitation

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Tuesday, November 28, 2017

| CYP Now

Children are being exploited by drugs gangs through so-called "county lines" crime, in at least two thirds of police force areas a National Crime Agency report has found.

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Concern over increase in county lines grooming during pandemic

DfE school attendance scheme targets youth violence ‘hotspots’

Youth workers in emergency departments 'reduce youth violence'

Vulnerable children face growing risk of child criminal exploitation, Barnardo’s warns

Campaign to improve mental health support for young black men in prisons

#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

Home Office-backed youth advocates to take on knife crime

New director for London's Violence Reduction Unit

Youth parliamentarians target knife crime

Google to fund charities to tackle youth violence

Serious violence: £200m fund opens to youth projects

Police moped crime tactics risk young lives, campaigners warn

Drones and artificial intelligence to tackle youth violence? Home Office seeks 'innovative' ideas

'County lines' child trafficker convicted in landmark case

Crime prevention initiative set for expansion

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

LGA warns government against further youth offending cuts

Council to boost youth work spending by £90K

London mayor announces £45m investment for youth services

Police forces praised for action on criminalisation in children's homes

Inspectors blame council failings for unsafe placement of young offenders

Labour urges action on youth knife crime

Two thirds of police forces report issue with 'county lines' child exploitation

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