Online spaces are exposing young people to harmful content. From our survey of nearly 11,000 teenagers, 82% told us they’d seen posts discussing harm towards specific groups. 🎥 Watch the insights and reflections of our Youth Advisory Board: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jxR... #CVV2025

✨New to the Toolkit, ‘Communities that care’ (CtC). Evidence suggests that CtC may reduce violence by 10%, but due to a variation of results across 7 studies, we have very low confidence with our estimate. 🔗Visit the YEF toolkit: youthendowmentfund.org.uk/toolkit/comm...

“Did you get home safe?” a message many young people send every day. Watch our Youth Advisory Board discuss how violence affects their decisions and read the 1st report of our Children, Violence and Vulnerability series. 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jxR... 📘 youthendowmentfund.org.uk/reports/chil...

YEF’s Whole Area Model need one or more specialist providers to work alongside our sites to develop robust data systems and clear public-facing comms to support diversion work across police and youth justice services. Applications deadline - 5 Dec 2025 youthendowmentfund.org.uk/tenders/supp...

Victimisation linked to weapon carrying. The first Children, Violence & Vulnerability report shows teenagers carrying weapons are 5x more likely to have been victims. Watch our Youth Advisory Board discuss how we talk about weapon carrying: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lc8w... #CVV2025

Strengthening how evidence is used in children’s services is the focus of next weeks Virtual Learning Café. Join policy advisers, researchers & local evidence leaders to discuss practical ways to embed evidence across children’s services. 🔗 youthendowmentfund.org.uk/events/natio...

“You adapt your life around keeping yourself safe.” Our Youth Advisory Board reflect on how the fear of violence shapes everyday decisions — their experiences reflect themes from our new Children, Violence & Vulnerability report. Full video now on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jxR...

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

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...

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-...

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...

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...

⏰ 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/

📣 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...

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

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

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...

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...

💬 “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...

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. 📅19/11 🕙14:00-15:30 📌Online Register events.teams.microsoft.com/event/da06ee...

📢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/

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...

📣 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...

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... 🎧Voiced by an actor.

📢 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

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

🚨 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...

📣 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

🚨 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...

📣 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

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

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...

New report alert: Young people at risk of violence are too often excluded from mental health support — unless they offend first. 🔗 Read the full report youthendowmentfund.org.uk/reports/acce... #WMHD25 #WorldMentalHealthDay #EarlyIntervention #ViolencePrevention

Do you work in children’s services and want to better embed race equity into your work? Join our Virtual Learning Café with guest speakers providing insights and best practice. Register for free: youthendowmentfund.org.uk/events/embed...

More than half of headteachers say they don’t feel confident identifying and delivering interventions to prevent children’s involvement in violence. Use our Education Practice Insight Creator, a new self-assessment tool to get evidence-based recommendations youthendowmentfund.org.uk/education-pr...

Last month, Director of Public Affairs & Comms at YEF, Ciaran Thapar, was invited onto Dallaglio RugbyWorks Talks Podcast. Discussing challenges young people in the UK face including social media/tech, current affairs, plus the benefits of trusted adults. 🎧 Listen now youtu.be/bxW22JUDKKA?...

📣Apply to be a Senior Change Designer for our Area Leaders Programme. Are you passionate about helping children keep safe from violence, brilliant at design, and comfortable with communicating complex information? Then apply before 10/10/25, 12:00 pm: youthendowmentfund.org.uk/careers/

📣We’ve extended the deadline for applications to our Head of Change, Children’s Services role. Join our expanding team and help children get access to the right support at the right time. Deadline: 8/10/25, 12:00 pm. 📌Apply: youthendowmentfund.org.uk/careers/

Diversion works. It can almost halve reoffending (8.2% to 4.5%). But right now, access is unequal across England and Wales. 👉 Read our latest blog on tackling inconsistencies in diversion for more: youthendowmentfund.org.uk/tackling-inc... #YouthJustice #Diversion

Equipping young people with social-emotional skills "...means they’re much more likely to be able to stay away from violence.” Dennis Simms, our Assistant Director – Education, Insights & Collaboration. Full @tesmagazine.bsky.social article: www.tes.com/magazine/ana...

📉 New NHS data: 409 children were hospitalised after knife assaults in 24/25 — down 20% from last year. This is good news, but every child harmed is one too many. We must act on what works. 🔗 Read our latest blog for more: youthendowmentfund.org.uk/fewer-childr... #KnifeCrime #Prevention #NHSData

📢NEW TOOLKIT STRAND: Formal pre-court diversion. Our new toolkit strand shows that formal pre-court diversion can reduce violence by 25% and reoffending by 14%. 🔗Learn more about formal pre-court diversion: youthendowmentfund.org.uk/toolkit/form...

🚨NEW TO YEF TOOLKIT: Informal pre-court diversion. Studies show children involved in informal pre-court diversion schemes are 30% less likely to commit a future offence. 🔗Learn more about informal pre-court diversion: youthendowmentfund.org.uk/toolkit/

📣Tomorrow we’ll be unpacking racial disproportionality in relation to violence and criminal justice. 🔗Get involved and connect with peers emboldening our youth justice system and challenging the role that racism plays in young people’s experiences: youthendowmentfund.org.uk/events/racia...

We’re bringing together funders, commissioners & practitioners to explore how youth work is reaching Black, Asian & other ethnic minority children—& where gaps remain. Join us to share insights, evidence & promising practice. youthendowmentfund.org.uk/events/youth... #YouthWork #ViolencePrevention

To tackle violence affecting young people, we need to listen to young people. Join the #PeerActionCollective as they share their exclusive findings at the ‘Supporting young people away from violence’ online event- 2 days away. 📅24/9, 16:15 to 17:30 PM 🔗 www.youngfoundation.org/event/suppor...

📣 Reminder: YEF is calling for proposals to reanalyse our Evaluation Data Archive. If you’re a researcher or team with skills in data, education, or justice, this could be an opportunity for you. Deadline: Friday 26 Sep, 5pm. 🔗 youthendowmentfund.org.uk/tenders/?utm... #TenderOpportunity

Are you passionate about preventing youth violence and driving evidence-based change? Join us! We have three fantastic roles, with deadlines approaching. Learn more and apply today: youthendowmentfund.org.uk/careers/?utm... #YouthEndowment #Vacancies #Hiring

✨The shortlist for the Children and Young People Now Awards 2025 has been announced! We are deeply proud to be sponsoring the Violence Prevention Award and to congratulate those shortlisted: cypnowawards.com/childrenandy... #CYPNowAwards #ViolencePrevention #CelebratingImpact

📣The ‘Racial Disproportionality – Effective Practice in the Youth Justice System’ #VirtualLearningCafé is two weeks away. 🔗Find out how to reduce racial disproportionality, ensure equal access to diversion, and increase confidence in diversion pathways: youthendowmentfund.org.uk/events/racia...