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The battle to get London’s youth into the arts: 'you don't need a qualification to engage with a piece of art'

London is a cultural hotspot, and yet its youth have never felt so cut off from the arts

Evening Standard

Youth workers in London custody centres stop 90% reoffending, says report

Scheme aims to exploit ‘teachable moment’, when someone is wavering between criminality and turning their back on violence

The Guardian - UK

Sadiq Khan announces £1m investment in holiday sports activities in bid to cut violence

Funding will provide ‘diversionary activities’ for young Londoners at a time when they are particularly at risk of becoming involved in violence

Evening Standard

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Inside the London reception class where kids are taught to talk to help them stay out of gangs

A new initiative aims to improve communication, as as pupils lacking speech and language skills more likely to be excluded and caught up in violence

The Guardian - UK

‘I’d be in jail now’: Inside the classroom trying to steer London’s children away from a life of crime

Exclusive: In the fight against knife crime, which Labour has vowed to halve in 10 years, all too often conversations focus on tougher punishments alone. Crime correspondent Amy-Clare Martin goes inside the London classroom focused on the root causes of youth violence as they fight to save vulnerable children from…

The Independent UK

Tory councils refuse to sign Sadiq Khan's 'school inclusion charter'

The charter aims to ‘tackle the causes of all forms of exclusion’ in a bid to cut violence

Evening Standard

Housing crisis impacts young people's 'sense of belonging', violence reduction chief warns

Lib Peck says London’s lack of homes is a “long-term driver” for violent incidents in the capital

Evening Standard

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Knife wounds, arrests… then a friendly face: inside the anti-violence unit fighting to save children from crime

Targeted youth workers in hospitals and police stations can make a huge difference in a young person’s life – but there are fears their funding is at risk

The Guardian - UK

Sadiq Khan unveils £14.5m violence reduction package in first post-election announcement

The mayor was challenged on his record on crime during his re-election campaign, as critics pointed to recent increases in knife and gun offences

Evening Standard

‘Parents didn’t want their kids to be here’: inside the troubled London school that stopped excluding pupils and restored calm

Headteacher Alan Streeter has turned around Beacon High School, a deprived secondary with a reputation for violence and 300 suspensions a year

The Guardian - UK

How a pioneering Scottish violence reduction unit achieved radical change

Units using Glasgow approach prevented 3,220 hospital admissions, survey estimates, but long-term funding needed

The Guardian - UK

Sadiq Khan launches 'London Inclusion Charter' to tackle youth violence

The charter is aimed at boosting pupils' sense of belonging and reducing their likelihood of becoming involved in crime

Evening Standard

Criminologist warns politicians are too election-focused to tackle youth violence

A City Hall committee was told that governments are reluctant to devote long-term resources to fix the problem

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan ‘determined’ to drive down knife crime with £3.4m investment

“Violence is preventable, not inevitable”

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Expert who slashed Glasgow school exclusions brought in to help London

London’s Violence Reduction Unit has said it wants to drive down exclusions across the capital’s schools, while increasing pupils’ “sense of belonging”

Manchester Evening News

Children as young as 11 are being taught how to deal with stab wounds

One headteacher acknowledged the 'unfortunate' reality that violence is 'on our doorstep', adding: "We want our young people to be ready for the real world."

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan announces Easter holiday sports activities for young people in London

Grassroots sports groups will host sessions across 13 London boroughs during the school holidays.

Evening Standard

Met Police tweets of knife images harm some young people, new study suggests

Half of those most affected by violence said such imagery made them feel unsafe

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Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan backing summit to reduce school exclusions

Mayor Sadiq Khan is backing a summit on school exclusions which are contributing to violence on the streets of the capital and costing £370,000 each. Teachers, police, local authorities and community groups and parents meet on Wednesday to find ways to avoid excluding pupils under an ‘inclusion charter’ in the…

Evening Standard

Mayor backs plan to tackle school exclusions fuelling youth violence

The level of youth violence in the capital has prompted action on exclusions led by the Violence Reduction Unit

Nottingham Post

Nottinghamshire mums who lost sons to knife crime issue powerful message

Zoe Cooke and Lisa Kilkenny want young people to think twice

Evening Standard

Youth workers in A&E departments to divert stab victims away from crime

Youth workers are to be embedded in A&E departments across London in an effort to divert young victims of violence away from crime as part of a £7.8 million investment from City Hall.

Chronicle Live

11-year-old boy known to cops swaps antisocial behaviour for football at Newcastle United Foundation

Bobby, from Newcastle, was referred to YOLO programme by Northumbria Police

Manchester Evening News

Violence reduction unit don't know how many people are being stabbed due to GMP's broken computer system

The unit was set up in 2019 in response to an increase to the region's violence, particularly knife crime among young people

Chronicle Live

'It's going to get worse before it gets better': North East boss of anti-violence unit speaks of fight against crime

Steven Hume, director of the North East's first Violence Reduction Unit, outlines plans for the challenging years ahead

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