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Council revamps youth service to target potential offenders

Thursday, May 26, 2016

| CYP Now

Young people involved in crime and at risk of exclusion from school will be the main focus of a London borough "new-look" youth service, it has been announced.

Boris Johnson awards funding to gang violence project

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Monday, March 14, 2016

| CYP Now

An award-winning service that places specialist youth workers in hospital emergency departments to tackle gang violence has been extended for another year after Mayor of London Boris Johnson agreed to £345,000 of extra funding.

How young offenders make better choices thanks to life coaches

Other

Tuesday, March 1, 2016

| CYP Now

Project helps young people in custody make a fresh start.

YJB chief: Future of quango in doubt

News

Wednesday, February 24, 2016

| CYP Now

The future of the Youth Justice Board (YJB) is in doubt, with the quango unlikely to continue in its present form once a government review of the youth justice system is completed, the organisation's chief executive has said.

Youth jails to be transformed into 'secure academies'

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Tuesday, February 9, 2016

| CYP Now

Young offender institutions (YOIs) will be turned into "secure academies" under plans to improve education for young people in custody and reduce reoffending rates.

Making the gangs strategy work

Other

Tuesday, February 2, 2016

| CYP Now

Justice agencies must collaborate to overcome the allure of gang life for young people, says John Pitts

Top officer slams slow progress of police engagement with children

News

Monday, January 18, 2016

| CYP Now

Progress on improving the way police engage with young people is "pedestrian", the country's top police officer for children and young people has said.

My Life: Caitlin Morris, 18, Rochdale

Other

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

| CYP Now

I came to Rathbone Training in September 2015 after trying a course at another local college that wasn't right for me.

Skills for the Job: Support BAME young offenders

Other

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

| CYP Now

With a high proportion of young offenders from black and minority ethnic (BAME) communities, practitioners must be sensitive to their needs.

Good Idea: Young people confront anger on knife crime programme

Other

Tuesday, November 24, 2015

| CYP Now

A London-based charity is educating young people about the dangers and consequences of carrying and using knives.

Children as young as seven ‘show signs' of future gang involvement

News

Tuesday, November 17, 2015

| CYP Now

Police, councils, youth services, and schools should be working with children as young as seven to prevent them getting involved with gangs or violent youth crime, it has been claimed.

Police and crime commissioner to take over youth offending service

News

Friday, November 6, 2015

| CYP Now

One of the largest youth offending services in the country is set to be handed over to a police and crime commissioner in the first arrangement of its kind.

Youth offending team inspections suspended as YJB confirms £9m cuts

News

Thursday, November 5, 2015

| CYP Now

Inspections of local authority youth offending teams (YOTs) will be suspended for a period as part of efforts to help them cope with £9m of in-year cuts that have been rubber-stamped by the Youth Justice Board.

Police chief urges leniency around children's home incidents

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Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Police forces should only attend children's homes to tackle extreme incidents of young people's behaviour, the country's top police officer for children's issues has said.