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Mayor of London to invest £14.5mn to tackle violence in key capital hotspots

Friday, May 10, 2024

| CYP Now

The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has announced an additional £14.5mn investment in the approach taken by his Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) to tackle violence in 11 key hotspots across the capital.

Lack of police oversight sees London YJS rated ‘requires improvement’

News

Friday, May 10, 2024

| CYP Now

A lack of consistent police representation on the management board of Waltham Forest Youth Justice Service (YJS) is a key factor in it being rated as “requires improvement”, inspectors have said.

How can the new PCCs build back the trust of young people?

Blogs

Wednesday, May 8, 2024

| CYP Now

In elections this month, 39 areas in England and Wales appointed new Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs).

Mayoral elections 2024: What the results could mean for children and young people’s services

News

Friday, May 3, 2024

| CYP Now

Members of the public have taken to the polls in devolved areas and in the capital to vote for elected mayors, signaling a big win for Labour which took all but one of 10 mayoral seats in England.

Expansion of PAVA ignites debate on youth custody force and restraint

Analysis

Monday, April 29, 2024

| CYP Now

The UK government’s consideration of expanding the use of PAVA spray – a chemical irritant legally used in adult prisons – into child establishments has ignited a contentious debate.

Youth justice diversion schemes ‘not fit’ for children with SEND

News

Friday, April 26, 2024

| CYP Now

The process for diverting young people away from the criminal justice system is “not fit” for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), research warns.

Alliance for Youth Justice chief steps down

News

Friday, April 26, 2024

| CYP Now

Pippa Goodfellow, chief executive of the Alliance for Youth Justice (AYJ), has stepped down after five years.

Sadiq Khan reveals plans for youth investment ahead of mayoral election

News

Monday, April 22, 2024

| CYP Now

Sadiq Khan has pledged to provide 250,000 more positive opportunities for young Londoners in youth clubs, including mentoring and youth worker investment, in the lead up to next month's mayoral election.

Restraint failings still not adequately addressed 20 years after Gareth Myatt’s death

Blogs

Friday, April 19, 2024

| CYP Now

Anyone working in children’s social care over the past 20 years will likely know of the harrowing circumstances in which Victoria Climbié, Peter Connelly and Daniel Pelka died. But what of the catastrophic failure in child protection that led to the death of Gareth Myatt, 20 years ago today (Friday 19 April)?

Drugs gangs ‘targeting younger children’, Longfield warns

News

Friday, April 12, 2024

| CYP Now

Since the pandemic county lines drugs gangs have been exploiting younger children, former Children’s Commissioner for England Anne Longfield has warned.

‘Stable and fairer funding’ needed to improve youth justice services, says YJB

News

Thursday, April 11, 2024

| CYP Now

The Youth Justice Board (YJB) has called on the government to improve the distribution of funding to youth offending services.

Young people 'distressed' by frequent police visits at home, research warns

News

Wednesday, April 10, 2024

| CYP Now

Young people with experience of the criminal justice system say the second most common place for them to see police is at their home, with incidents often involving excessive force from officers.

Secure homes need makeover

Analysis

Tuesday, March 26, 2024

| CYP Now

Government funding will boost secure children’s homes places but experts call for wholesale changes.

Richard Taylor: Father of schoolboy Damilola Taylor dies aged 75

News

Monday, March 25, 2024

| CYP Now

Children’s charity leaders have paid tribute to Richard Taylor who campaigned against knife crime for 24 years after the death of his 10-year-old son Damilola.

Programme launched to promote evidence-based parenting interventions

News

Friday, March 22, 2024

| CYP Now

The Youth Endowment Fund (YEF) and Foundations have collaborated on a programme which will trial evidence-based parenting interventions in four pilot areas.

Charity highlights importance of specialist roles to support neurodiverse children

News

Friday, March 22, 2024

| CYP Now

Safer London has said its expert caseworker roles to support neurodiverse children are vital at a time where there’s a “lack of money for services”.

Cookham Wood YOI to close

News

Thursday, March 21, 2024

| CYP Now

Cookham Wood Young Offender Institution (YOI) is set to close following years of failure to improve conditions for young people.

Lack of strategy to tackle child criminal exploitation ‘harming young people’

News

Thursday, March 21, 2024

| CYP Now

The lack of a UK-wide strategy to tackle child criminal exploitation and support children affected by it is resulting in “serious and preventable harm” to young people, a review of the current system finds.

Youth workers step in amid lack of family help to protect children from crime

News

Thursday, March 21, 2024

| CYP Now

Youth workers are stepping in to cover for a lack of help from parents and families to prevent children in London from being involved in violent crime, a report has found.

Praise for youth justice staff’s support of children subject to out-of-court disposals

News

Friday, March 15, 2024

| CYP Now

Staff at a Berkshire youth justice team have been praised by inspectors for going “above and beyond expectations” to support young people.

Budget 2024: Chancellor commits £165 million to boost children's homes capacity

News

Wednesday, March 6, 2024

| CYP Now

A £165 million boost to increase children’s homes capacity in England is among measures to support children and families included in the government’s latest budget.

Vulnerable girl strip-searched twice by male officers in YOI, report reveals

News

Tuesday, March 5, 2024

| CYP Now

An “incredibly vulnerable” girl was restrained and stripped twice by male officers at a young offender institution (YOI), a damning report into the treatment of children in the facility has revealed.

Early help key to reducing youth offending, Croydon review finds

News

Friday, March 1, 2024

| CYP Now

A review into the involvement of seven young people in the deaths of three others in a south London borough will be used to advise other councils on how to use early help services to divert young people away from violent crime.

Youth services funding cut linked to increased risk of children's involvement in crime

News

Friday, March 1, 2024

| CYP Now

Funding for youth work services has fallen by more than 60 per cent over the past decade, with reductions in provision linked to a rise in anti-social behaviour and young people's involvement in crime, according to research commissioned by the government.