Source: DfE
Date: 29 June 2023
The Department for Education (DfE) has published reports from its serious youth violence programme in England co-led with the Youth Endowment Fund. The report explores how systems of support may protect or expose children and young people to involvement in serious violence. Key insights include: children and their families are not always aware of the services available to them; access to services such as children’s social care and mental health is limited by capacity constraints; and involving children and young people in decisions about the support they receive helps develop their decision-making skills and may increase engagement.
Read the reports: Serious youth violence research programme