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Realising Ambition

Funding

Monday, October 3, 2011

| CYP Now

Funding to expand crime prevention schemes with a proven track record

Good Practice: How ex-offenders are helping to steer young people away from crime in London

Best Practice

Friday, September 16, 2011

| CYP Now

The Foundation 4 Life is using the real-life experiences of former offenders to engage at-risk young people and challenge their ideas and behaviour.

Riots panel seeks views on recent unrest

News

Friday, September 16, 2011

| CYP Now

The independent riots panel is urging young people, parents and youth leaders affected by last month's unrest to give their views on their communities.

Commons committee votes to proceed with abolition of YJB

News

Friday, September 16, 2011

| CYP Now

Hopes that the Youth Justice Board will avoid the axe have been dealt a blow after a group of MPs voted to proceed with its abolition.

Children 'set up to fail' by post-custody supervision

News

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

| CYP Now

The quality of community supervision offered to children once they leave custody is setting them up to fail, a report has claimed.

MoJ reveals post-riot custody levels

News

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

| CYP Now

New figures show numbers of children in custody in the wake of last month's riots peaked on 23 August and have now started to fall.

YJB 'could win reprieve'

News

Monday, September 12, 2011

| CYP Now

The government is considering a dramatic U-turn on plans to abolish the Youth Justice Board (YJB) as a result of last month's riots, CYP Now understands.

Blair's 'respect tsar' takes on riots role

News

Thursday, September 8, 2011

| CYP Now

Tony Blair's former respect agenda tsar Louise Casey has been drafted in by Prime Minister David Cameron to work on the response to last month's riots.

Police seek to counter rise in street robberies

News

Monday, September 5, 2011

| CYP Now

Around 1,000 police and community support officers are to be deployed to stop children being robbed on the way to and from school this term.

Good Practice: Hailed US communities scheme in UK trials

Best Practice

Friday, September 2, 2011

| CYP Now

Catch22 is to pursue the Communities That Care scheme in light of compelling evidence that it works for young people in the US.

Youth professionals welcome Cameron's taskforce to tackle gang culture

Analysis

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

| CYP Now

In the wake of the riots that shook the country last month, Prime Minister David Cameron has made a pledge to put gangs at the top of his agenda.

Blunkett proposes youth volunteer programme

News

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

| CYP Now

Former home secretary David Blunkett has called for the creation of a nine-month youth volunteer programme to restore a sense of responsibility and respect among young people.

Fears for children's safety as youth jails near capacity

News

Thursday, August 18, 2011

| CYP Now

The Ministry of Justice has refused to confirm fears that youth jails have reached capacity or outline its contingency plans to deal with the situation amid concerns that children's lives are being put in danger through overcrowding.

Cameron calls for action to tackle gang culture

News

Thursday, August 11, 2011

| CYP Now

Prime Minister David Cameron has called for action against those involved in gangs and greater discipline in schools in the wake of riots throughout England.

Charities seek top youth crime reduction schemes

News

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

| CYP Now

A consortium of charities led by Catch22 will be scouring the UK to find the 30 best schemes that help to prevent youth crime, as part of a 25m project.

Riots reinforce need for early intervention, says Allen

News

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

| CYP Now

The MP who led a review on early intervention has called for the government to hold its nerve in pursuing long-term societal change in the wake of riots across England.

Youth offending teams make progress on health services

News

Thursday, July 28, 2011

| CYP Now

Health services provided by youth offending teams (YOTs) for children and young people are improving, a report has found.

Support for most vulnerable may be lost with payment-by-results, warns charity

News

Thursday, July 21, 2011

| CYP Now

Children with severe emotional problems or those deeply entrenched in gang culture may miss out on attempts to steer them onto the right path as a result of plans to introduce payment-by-results youth justice services, a charity has claimed.

Secure estate to be safer, says YJB

News

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

| CYP Now

Youth jails will be safer and more child-focused as a result of planned changes to the secure estate over the next four years, the Youth Justice Board has said.

YJB reveals focus on outcomes in latest business plan

News

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

| CYP Now

Reducing numbers of young people in custody and managing a smooth transition into the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) are among the main aims for the Youth Justice Board (YJB) in its latest business plan.

Youth Justice Division to replace YJB in April 2012

News

Friday, July 15, 2011

| CYP Now

A date of April 2012 has been pencilled in for the abolition of the Youth Justice Board (YJB), to be replaced by a Youth Justice Division, it has emerged.

Children held on remand are to be classed as 'looked-after' by councils

News

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

| CYP Now

All young people remanded in custody will have to be recognised as looked-after children by local authorities, under plans to reduce reoffending and shake up the justice system.

YOTs receive recommendations for improvement

News

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

| CYP Now

Four sets of inspection results of youth offending teams have been published, giving a mixed picture of progress being made in local areas.

Funding limitations will hamper restorative justice goal

News

Thursday, May 19, 2011

| CYP Now

Expansion of restorative justice projects will be limited because of a shortage of funds, the chair of the Independent Commission on Youth Crime and Antisocial Behaviour has warned.