The Children's Commissioner for England's have released #TheBigAmbition .

It's informed by over 1 million children, including those impacted by crime and justice.

Read the paper📰 childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/resource/the-b…

Our latest valuing youth diversion toolkit is now on our website.

This revised & enlarged edition is for any practitioner who is involved in, or considering creating, a diversion scheme for children in contact with the youth justice system.

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Today we published the latest blog by Charlie Taylor, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, where he reflects on the causes and consequences of a resurgence in drugs in prisons following a worrying inspection at Hindley.

Read the blog here: justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmiprisons/chi…

See my latest blog on the effect of illegal drugs in prison.

To close #Neurodiversity Celebration Week, essential reading from HM Inspectorate of Probation & Amanda Kirby: 'Neurodiversity - A Whole-Child Approach for Youth Justice'.📚

It offers crucial insights, so do have a read⤵ yjresourcehub.uk/research-artic…

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I am really delighted that our Centre for Justice Innovation team will be revealing our new findings on diversion for children with special educational needs and disabilities in March. Sign up below to the online launch 👇 Sharon Gray NLE OBE Youth Justice Board Youth Endowment Fund AYJ

Depressing article in FE Week - reflects the concerns that HMI Prisons and Ofsted frequently raise. A huge cost to the taxpayer with negligible results. feweek.co.uk/prison-educati…

Chief Constable Serena Kennedy shares a video with us which encourages police officers at Merseyside to think differently when they go to an incident, to look deeper into the route causes, and to treat children with care, always using a trauma-informed approach. #YJLeadersSummit

Thanks to all those who attended our Victims webinar and thanks to our speakers!

We heard about:
💜Victim Support's new CYP Homicide Outreach Service
💜Durham County Council's With Youth in Mind program
💜Blaenau Gwent & Caerphilly YOS's high levels of victim engagement
💜The progress

Specialist Education ServicesPRINCIPAL with Specialist Education Services - Specialist Education Services.
A fabulous opportunity to join this inspirational team. X specialisteducation.co.uk/vacancy/princi…

Richard McCann was just 5 when his mum Wilma became Peter Sutcliffe’s first victim which is now depicted in The Long Shadow. The ITV drama follows the five-year hunt for Sutcliffe which was one of the largest and most expensive manhunts in British history.

Thousands of poor children are missing out on education. Learning loss is rising but schools don't have the resources to provide the support to stop it. 3 x as many children receiving fsm are absent - more than half suspensions are children in poverty. news.sky.com/story/more-tha…

I saw the impact of this Approach in Feltham YOI, transformative ⁦Thrive Approach⁩ m.facebook.com/story.php?stor…

Trigger warning 🌼
This little lad has faced most of the childhood trauma he endured! Today filling out the dentist 🦷 assessment form 'other information' section he wrote: 'tortured with pliers causing damage to his teeth...after being abducted aged 9.
The dentist has been

This is brilliant. We need more of these rooms.

Every child deserves a happy childhood. UNICEF UK NSPCC #worlddayagainstchildlabour

'Policing needs an extraordinary, once in a generation person - a superhero, a thought leader - able to get everyone on board'

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We're so proud of our Chair Keith Fraser and our Chief Operating Officer Steph Roberts-Bibby for running the TCS London Marathon at the weekend!

They were raising money for Cure Leukaemia and HEART UK respectively - well done both 💜

📢 New research alert 📢

We commissioned independent research to find out why reoffending rates in children are higher among some ethnic minority groups than others.

🧵 Quick thread and link to research below 👇

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