The Youth Endowment Fund is here to prevent children becoming involved in violence.| Youth Endowment Fund
Trends in violence over the past decade. We have created a core indicators dashboard, tracking 11 key measures.| Youth Endowment Fund
Our Education Policy, Children & Violence guidance, provides policymakers with 8 recommendations on how to prevent children’s involvement in violence.| Youth Endowment Fund
Our Education, Children and Violence guidance provides school, college and alternative provision (AP) leaders across England and Wales with fiveevidence-based recommendations on how to help prevent children’s involvement in violence. Recommendations The recommendations in this report provide guidance on the ‘best bets’ from the underpinning evidence. School, college and AP leaders’ professional judgement on how…| Youth Endowment Fund
At the Youth Endowment Fund, we aim to prevent children from being drawn into violence. We think any credible plan to reduce violence has to recognise that children rely on seven essential sectors to be safe, one of which is children’s services. In each sector we are working with delivery organisations and system leaders to…| Youth Endowment Fund
Four months after the ban on so-called “zombie knives,” our Youth Advisory Board (YAB) argues that while the ban is a step in the right direction, more comprehensive action is needed to effectively tackle knife crime. The 2016 ban on zombie knives was hampered by a loophole, allowing retailers to circumvent restrictions by simply removing…| Youth Endowment Fund
How do we best support the neighbourhoods sector to support children at risk of violence outside the home?| Youth Endowment Fund
At the Youth Endowment Fund, our mission is to prevent children and young people from involvement in violence. To actively tackle this, we acknowledge children are dependent on seven key sectors to help them stay safe – one of these is through psychological therapies and health interventions. In each sector, we are collaborating with delivery…| Youth Endowment Fund
Every life lost due to violence is one too many. However, violence isn’t inevitable. Recent data shows there are reasons to be cautiously optimistic. In 2022/23 (the latest year we have figures for), hospital admissions for assault with a knife or sharp object were down 9% on the previous year.| Youth Endowment Fund
It is five years since the Youth Endowment Fund was born. Five years is a long time – I know because I had a three-year-old when this work started. She’s been replaced by someone who is eight. We exist because she should be growing up in a world where all children feel safe. But that’s…| Youth Endowment Fund
In order to address knife crime effectively, we need to understand the full extent of the problem. View our latest stats, & Toolkit evidence.| Youth Endowment Fund