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Nearly a third of all children in custody are still being placed there on remand prompting calls to find alternatives to this form of detention, a report says.

#Chances4Children: NCS and Onside lead events to tackle youth violence

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Friday, September 17, 2021

| CYP Now

Youth organisations have joined forces to host a series of workshops designed to combat youth violence.

Youth Endowment Fund to support violence reduction research

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Monday, September 13, 2021

| CYP Now

More than £700,000 has been awarded by the Youth Endowment Fund to support research into keeping children safe from violence, it has been announced.

Inspectors praise Blackpool youth justice service for 'remarkable' improvements

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Friday, September 10, 2021

| CYP Now

Youth offending services in Blackpool have undergone a “remarkable” turnaround over the past three years according to inspectors who have awarded the service a “good” rating.

Anne Longfield launches commission to protect children from gangs

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Thursday, September 9, 2021

| CYP Now

Anne Longfield, the former children’s commissioner for England, has launched her independent commission to prevent children becoming involved in gangs and crime.

Youth justice – Children's Workforce Guide to Qualifications and Training

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Wednesday, September 1, 2021

| CYP Now

Youth justice roles are available in youth offending teams (YOTs), the police, courts, Crown Prosecution Service and secure estate. There are also roles in the Youth Justice Board (YJB), which oversees the system in England and Wales.

‘Commission will look for solutions to generational cycles of violence’

Analysis

Tuesday, August 31, 2021

| CYP Now

There are tens of thousands of marginalised children, all of them born with great potential, whose opportunities are being curtailed because they are growing up in circumstances that make them extremely vulnerable to involvement with gangs or criminal or sexual exploitation.

Inspections Clinic: Multi-agency working

Features

Tuesday, August 31, 2021

| CYP Now

A review of multi-agency working in response to youth offending praises work to help young people move away from crime, but criticises the response around looked-after children, finds Jo Stephenson.

Rise in black and ethnic minority staff working in youth justice system

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Tuesday, August 31, 2021

| CYP Now

The proportion of black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) staff working within the youth secure estate has risen to the highest level in five years as part of efforts to address racial disparities across the youth justice system.

YOT premises must be ‘weapon-free zones’

Opinion

Tuesday, August 31, 2021

| CYP Now

“H” had just turned 18 when he attended the first session of a weapons awareness course in the area he lived.

‘Outstanding’ ratings for two youth offending services

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Thursday, August 26, 2021

| CYP Now

Two local authorities have had their youth offending services (YOS) rated “outstanding” by inspectors.

Taser incidents involving children double over two years

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Thursday, August 26, 2021

| CYP Now

The number of children involved in police taser incidents has more than doubled over two years, a new report from the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) reveals.

Labour: Decade of youth work cuts to blame for increase in violent crime

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Thursday, August 19, 2021

| CYP Now

Labour leader Keir Starmer has said a decade of cuts to youth services has led to an increase in violent crime among young people.

New programmes to tackle youth violence in 2021

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Wednesday, August 11, 2021

| CYP Now

A raft of experts and charities have announced new programmes to help tackle youth violence amid fears there could be an increase in young people targeted by criminal gangs sparked by the Covid-19 pandemic.

£10m youth violence prevention scheme launches

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Wednesday, August 11, 2021

| CYP Now

A £10m funding initiative to back programmes that support families to keep children safe and divert them away from violent crime has been launched.

Longfield to lead independent commission on gangs and criminal exploitation

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Monday, August 9, 2021

| CYP Now

Former children's commissioner for England Anne Longfield will examine the scale of child criminal exploitation and come up with ways to cut the number of children used by gangs as part of an independent commission due to launch next month.

NYAS apologises over failure to comply with data protection rules

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Monday, August 2, 2021

| CYP Now

The National Youth Advocacy Service (NYAS) has vowed to strengthen its privacy policy after the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) found it had shared a young person’s information with a solicitor.

Court rules lack of secure accommodation in London unlawful

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Friday, July 30, 2021

| CYP Now

A lack of secure accommodation for children arrested in London is unlawful, the Court of Appeal has ruled.

Crime reduction plan ‘falls short’ for young people, NYA says

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Thursday, July 29, 2021

| CYP Now

The government’s new crime reduction strategy “falls short” of supporting young people away from criminal activity, the National Youth Agency (NYA) has said.