To give us a broad picture of what’s happening in the youth sector, we’ve chosen spending on young people’s services as our core measure. This includes universal provision (e.g. leisure, cultural and sports-based activities, often based in youth centres) and targeted provision (e.g. substance misuse or teenage pregnancy services). The latest (2023/24) data was published…| Youth Endowment Fund
What does our core indicator show? Overall, this measure shows a mixed picture. Over the past decade, absolute poverty has broadly been falling. However, the latest year has shown an increase. In 2022/23, 25% of children in the UK were living in households in absolute poverty – equivalent to 3.6 million children. This is down…| Youth Endowment Fund
We’ve used the proportion of crimes that are successfully investigated by the police as our core measure for this sector. We’ve considered a crime to be successfully investigated if it resulted in (1) a charge or summons or (2) a formal or informal out of court disposal. Investigation of crime is one of the primary…| Youth Endowment Fund
We’ve used the total number of children in contact with NHS-funded secondary mental health, learning disability and autism services as our core measure for this sector. The latest (2023/24) data was published in October 2024. This captures children who have been referred to these services by their GP or another healthcare professional and includes both…| Youth Endowment Fund
Research by the Department for Education shows children who are persistently absent without an authorised reason are more likely to commit a serious violent offence after accounting for a range of factors. For this reason, and due to the stark increase in school absence following the pandemic, we’re using the proportion of children persistently absent…| Youth Endowment Fund
One group of children particularly at risk of harm is those looked after by the local authority, who also show significantly higher rates of serious violent offending compared to the general child population. For this reason, we are using the number of children looked after by the local authority as of 31st March of each…| Youth Endowment Fund
To track how well the youth justice sector is functioning, we’ve chosen to use children’s reoffending rates as our core measure. An offence is considered reoffending if it leads to a caution or conviction within 18 months of a previous offence (at the point either a caution or conviction was served or a period of…| Youth Endowment Fund
A look at trends in violence affecting young people over the last 10 years - with focus on 11 key indicators for violence.| Youth Endowment Fund