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We're here to prevent children and young people becoming involved in violence.
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Violence has gone viral on children’s feeds.

Read our first Children, Violence and Vulnerability report to understand the scale and nature of what children are encountering online: youthendowmentfund.org.uk/reports/chil...

#CVV2025 #ScaleOfViolence #OnlineHarms
November 24, 2025 at 10:30 AM
What if nearly half of all teenagers were witnessing violence — and most weren’t getting the support they need?

Today we publish the first report in our four-part Children, Violence & Vulnerability series – The scale of violence affecting children.

🔗 youthendowmentfund.org.uk/reports/chil...
November 24, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Evidence shows that restorative justice can have:
🔸 High impact on preventing violent crime
🔸 Moderate impact on reducing reoffending

Our blog looks at how restorative justice is growing in visibility, including its powerful portrayal in West End play Punch youthendowmentfund.org.uk/restorative-...
November 19, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Restorative justice helps young people take responsibility and repair the harm caused.

Our updated Toolkit strand explores what restorative approaches can achieve and how they’re being delivered across England and Wales.

🧩Read more:
youthendowmentfund.org.uk/toolkit/rest...
November 18, 2025 at 1:15 PM
What role can trauma informed practice play in preventing young people being affected by violence?

Join us on Thursday at ‘The Impact of Trauma-Informed Practice on Youth Violence’ VLC- led by Bridgend Youth Justice Service.

🔗 See you there! youthendowmentfund.org.uk/events/the-i...
November 17, 2025 at 5:00 PM
⏰ Applications close Thur 12pm!

We're hiring a Senior Research Manager to lead major projects in our new workstream on why violence happens and who is most at risk.

Learn more and apply 👉 youthendowmentfund.org.uk/careers/
November 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
📣 Call for Proposals: Strengthening Diversion Practice

The Youth Endowment Fund is commissioning specialist partners to support our Whole Area Model (WAM) sites in two key areas:

➡️ Data
➡️ Communications

Deadline: 5 December 2025

Find out more: youthendowmentfund.org.uk/tenders/supp...
November 17, 2025 at 11:01 AM
New insights from our Neighbourhood Fund 👇
Community-led action is helping local partners support young people, build trust, and create safer spaces — with early signs of positive change.

Read the latest learning youthendowmentfund.org.uk/inside-the-n...

#YEFEvaluation #NeighbourhoodFund
November 17, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Nine local authorities join our Area Leaders Programme.

They will take part in a year-long programme designed to strengthen multi-agency approaches to preventing children’s involvement in violence.

Learn more: youthendowmentfund.org.uk/news/nine-lo...
#AreaLeadersProgramme #EvidenceInAction
November 14, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Working with young people isn’t just about listening — it’s about truly understanding.

Last week, Jess (Youth Advisory Board) spoke with our Head of Change for the Youth Sector, Caleb Jackson, about the importance of trusted adults in supporting young people.

🎥 www.instagram.com/p/DQwEYVugHd...
November 13, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Are children involved in, or at risk of, serious violence accessing the mental health support they need?

Join our webinar, led by Dr Abigail Bentley, as we explore how the systems around children can either protect or expose them to risk.

youthendowmentfund.org.uk/events/acces...
November 7, 2025 at 1:19 PM
💬 “Did you have a trusted adult in your life?”

This #YouthWorkWeek, Caleb Jackson, our Head of Change for Youth Sector, spoke with Jess from our Youth Advisory Board about the power of trusted adults.

🔗Learn more about our work in the youth sector:
youthendowmentfund.org.uk/about-us/our...
November 7, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Join our webinar with the National Centre for Family Hubs. Hear about what works to prevent children being affected by violence and share your views on the role children services can play.

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📌Online

Register events.teams.microsoft.com/event/da06ee...
November 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
📢Join our team as a Senior Research Manager.

Help turn evidence into real-world impact at the growing Youth Endowment Fund research team. Play a significant part in reducing the level of violence affecting young people.

Deadline: 20/11/25, 12:00pm

📌Apply here:
youthendowmentfund.org.uk/careers/
November 4, 2025 at 10:15 AM
We have published four new evaluation reports from our funded projects.

They cover the following interventions:
*️⃣Face It
*️⃣Agency Collaboration Fund Round 2
*️⃣The Neighbourhood Fund
*️⃣Peer Action Collective

Learn more about these evaluations: youthendowmentfund.org.uk/funding/eval...
November 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
📣 We’re hiring a Senior Research Manager to lead new research into why violence happens and how we can keep children safe.

You’ll oversee studies on the use of predictive tools in violence prevention—exploring accuracy, ethics & impact.

Apply now 👉 youthendowmentfund.org.uk/careers/?utm...
October 31, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Without someone to trust, young people are more likely to be affected by violence.

Our report on access to mental health support for children involved in or at risk of serious youth violence identifies key barriers and solutions: youthendowmentfund.org.uk/reports/acce...

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October 30, 2025 at 2:03 PM
📢 Want to know how to effectively embed race equity into children’s services?

🔗 Join our upcoming Virtual Learning Café next Tuesday: youthendowmentfund.org.uk/events/embed...

#ChildrensServices #RaceEquity #EvidenceInPractice
October 22, 2025 at 3:30 PM
As a Youth Justice partner, are you diverting children from the criminal justice system with compassion and fairness?

📝Find out today by completing the Out of Court Resolution Practice Insight Creator here: insights.youthendowmentfund.org.uk/orpic

#Diversion #YouthJustice #Policing
October 20, 2025 at 3:51 PM
🚨 Do you work for the police force in England and Wales, and want to reduce children’s involvement in violence?

Have your say in our 10-min survey to help us understand the initiatives that aim to reduce children's involvement in violence, by 17th Nov.

www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/reducing_c...
October 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
📣 New Research Opportunity
YEF and UKRI are funding research into predictive tools for violence prevention.
Deadline: 24 Nov 2025
Learn more and apply: youthendowmentfund.org.uk/tenders/pred...

#ViolencePrevention #ResearchFunding #UKRI #YouthEndowmentFund #CallForProposals #PredictiveTools
October 16, 2025 at 2:39 PM
🚨 NEW tool for Youth Justice and Policing Partnership Leaders

We’ve launched the Out of Court Resolution Practice Insight Creator — a free self-evaluation tool to help you assess your area’s out of court resolution practice.

👉 Learn more: youthendowmentfund.org.uk/about-us/our...
October 16, 2025 at 12:00 PM
📣 YEF is seeking to appoint an umbrella partner to lead an Emotion Coaching efficacy randomised controlled trial study.

Learn more: youthendowmentfund.org.uk/tenders/call...

#YEF #TenderOpportunity #EmotionCoaching
October 15, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Our latest blog explores what we learned from new research on access to mental health support for children and young people at risk of serious youth violence.

Read more: youthendowmentfund.org.uk/when-help-co...

#MentalHealth #YouthViolence #Violenceprevention
October 13, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Virtual Learning Café: Building an evidence-informed future for youth work

Join us as we explore what current evidence tells us about the role of youth work in reducing violence — and what more is needed to strengthen practice, evaluation, and funding.

🔗 youthendowmentfund.org.uk/events/youth...
October 13, 2025 at 8:15 AM