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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.

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.

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.

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

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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.

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.

Redthread to close Nottinghamshire violence intervention programme

News

Friday, March 1, 2024

| CYP Now

Charity Redthread has announced the closure of its Nottinghamshire youth violence intervention programme due to a lack of funding.

Justice and youth work partnerships 'key to continued support' for racially minoritised young people

News

Wednesday, February 7, 2024

| CYP Now

Improved partnerships between justice services and youth workers are needed to better support racially minoritised young people when they transition between children’s and adult services, according to a report.

Labour pledges new youth hubs in plan to tackle knife crime

News

Thursday, January 25, 2024

| CYP Now

The Labour Party has reiterated proposals for a network of youth hubs across the UK in a bid to reduce knife crime among young people.

Labour Conference 2023: Yvette Cooper reveals ‘Sure Start for teenagers’ plan

News

Tuesday, October 10, 2023

| CYP Now

The Labour Party has announced plans to launch a “Sure Start for teenagers” designed to reduce levels of youth violence and poor mental health among young people if elected.

Home Office and YEF to invest in childhood trauma response training

News

Friday, September 29, 2023

| CYP Now

The Home Office and the Youth Endowment Fund (YEF) will invest in assessing how effective trauma-informed practice is to protect children against violence, it has been announced.

Mayor of London invests £3.4m in after-school programmes to reduce violence

News

Thursday, September 28, 2023

| CYP Now

The Mayor of London has announced a new £3.4m investment for London’s Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) to help with the prevention of violence during after-school hours.

Children's Workforce Guide to Qualifications and Training 2023/24

Features

Friday, September 1, 2023

| CYP Now

With many parts of the sector facing recruitment challenges, Joe Lepper identifies developments in entry-level requirements and ongoing professional development for children's services practitioners.

Inside CYP Now this month: Residential youth work, Care Review pilot, youth justice trends

News

Thursday, August 31, 2023

| CYP Now

The September edition of Children & Young People Now has all the latest news, views and analysis on the key issues affecting services for children, young people and families.

How I Got Here: Juliette Greenwich, Engage programme youth worker

Best Practice

Wednesday, August 30, 2023

| CYP Now

Juliette Greenwich, Engage programme youth worker at London VRU, on some of the milestones in her career journey to date.

The invisibility of girls and young women affected by serious violence and exploitation needs to end

Blogs

Wednesday, July 19, 2023

| CYP Now

In public, media and political dialogue, serious violence is often solely framed around knife crime and street violence between predominantly young men. This framing excludes affected girls and young women and leaves thousands of them seriously impacted by violence and criminal or sexual exploitation, and that risk is growing.

Under-reporting of exploitation leaving girls invisible to services, commission warns

News

Wednesday, July 19, 2023

| CYP Now

The under-reporting of concerns related to gang exploitation is leaving tens of thousands of vulnerable girls without access to help from children’s services, a report is warning.

London mayor invests £10m to boost mentoring support for young people

News

Tuesday, June 13, 2023

| CYP Now

The mayor of London Sadiq Khan has announced a further investment of £10m into mentoring for vulnerable young people, as part of a £34m package of support to help those most at risk of exploitation or exposure to violence.

Greater diversity training for professionals could reduce youth violence, report finds

News

Thursday, June 8, 2023

| CYP Now

Professionals working with young people need increased training on recognising discriminatory behaviour and unconscious bias to help reduce youth violence, youth-led research has found.

Trauma-informed youth work key to tackling violence, report finds

News

Thursday, April 27, 2023

| CYP Now

Safe and trauma-informed youth spaces are key to tackling serious youth violence, a new report has found, calling for increased funding for youth services and a rollback of police powers.

London mayor funds more youth workers in custody suites

News

Friday, April 21, 2023

| CYP Now

London’s violence reduction unit (VRU) is to expand the number of specially-trained youth workers in the capital’s custody suites to help divert young people from crime.

Redthread names new chief executive

News

Wednesday, March 29, 2023

| CYP Now

Violence prevention charity Redthread has announced the appointment of youth sector stalwart Geethika Jayatilaka as its new chief executive.

Young people draw on their personal experiences to change justice system

Best Practice

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

| CYP Now

Charity gives young people with experience of the justice system the chance to drive positive change through research, leadership and facilitation.

Therapeutic support programme reducing exclusions in London, research finds

News

Thursday, March 2, 2023

| CYP Now

A therapeutic intervention programme designed to reduce rates of exclusion in London has supported hundreds of children at risk of involvement in youth violence, according to an evaluation report.

'Tangible action’ needed to address youth violence, says campaigner

News

Tuesday, February 21, 2023

| CYP Now

“Tangible action" is needed to protect vulnerable young people from the cycle of youth violence, youth coach and campaigner Amani Simpson has urged.

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

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

Sadiq Khan reveals plans for youth investment ahead of mayoral election

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

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

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

Redthread to close Nottinghamshire violence intervention programme

Justice and youth work partnerships 'key to continued support' for racially minoritised young people

Labour pledges new youth hubs in plan to tackle knife crime

Labour Conference 2023: Yvette Cooper reveals ‘Sure Start for teenagers’ plan

Home Office and YEF to invest in childhood trauma response training

Mayor of London invests £3.4m in after-school programmes to reduce violence

Children's Workforce Guide to Qualifications and Training 2023/24

Inside CYP Now this month: Residential youth work, Care Review pilot, youth justice trends

How I Got Here: Juliette Greenwich, Engage programme youth worker

The invisibility of girls and young women affected by serious violence and exploitation needs to end

Under-reporting of exploitation leaving girls invisible to services, commission warns

London mayor invests £10m to boost mentoring support for young people

Greater diversity training for professionals could reduce youth violence, report finds

Trauma-informed youth work key to tackling violence, report finds

London mayor funds more youth workers in custody suites

Redthread names new chief executive

Young people draw on their personal experiences to change justice system

Therapeutic support programme reducing exclusions in London, research finds

'Tangible action’ needed to address youth violence, says campaigner

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