Young people get the chance to develop life skills in a place of safety and stability

Youth work has lasting impact on homeless young people

Youth Work
Youth First is responsible for delivering a range of youth work provision to 6,000 young people at 15 sites across Lewisham

Mutual delivers benefits for young people at London council

Youth Work
Northampton Council’s Anna King says specialist work on knife crime is necessary

Youth workers tackle knife crime in Northampton

Youth Work
Thematic reports are used to self-evaluate practice. Picture: contrastwerkstatt/Adobe Stock

Joint targeted area inspections: Inspections clinic

Children's Services
Children can be pushed away from home not because it is in their best interests, but because there is nowhere else for them to go. Picture: Alex Deverill

Children in care who are moved ‘out of area’

Residential and specialist care
Immigration legal aid is now available to all children under 18, including those whose age has been disputed. Picture: Pixel-Shot/Adobe Stock

Immigration and nationality legal aid

Children's rights

Personalising the Health Impacts of Air Pollution – Summary for Decision Makers

Health
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The Weavers’ Company

Funding
Better matching would improve placement stability. Picture: yanadjan/Adobe Stock

Commissioning: Social care placements

Commissioning
Eleanor Riley: "Media training is empowering for your staff"

Frontline staff in the media

Management
Louis Boyd: “I try to move between strategic and operational roles every few years, in order to ensure my knowledge of the sector remains relevant”

Louis Boyd: How I Got Here

Careers
This young Life’s podcast format allows young people to have control over how their stories are presented

Podcast documents young person’s fight to clarify immigration status

Social Care