Category: General interest
News from Beyond Youth Custody May 2018: The Final Edition
22 May 2018 | Posted in General interest
We’re now at the end of the six-year Beyond Youth Custody (BYC) partnership and we’d like to say thank you to all those reading this for your support of BYC.
Beyond Youth Custody Legacy Video
20 May 2018 | Posted in General interest
The Beyond Youth Custody legacy video is a resource designed for practitioners, policymakers, researchers and service providers. The video outlines key learnings from the six years of the Beyond Youth Custody (BYC) programme, with a focus on our final publication ‘Now all I care about is my future: supporting the shift’
Parliamentary Conference 2018: Embedding BYC’s legacy
20 April 2018 | Posted in General interest
On Monday 16 April 2018, BYC hosted a conference at Portcullis House in Parliament to celebrate the successes of the six years of the programme and to consider how BYC’s research on effective resettlement can be adopted by various services across social work, justice, health and housing to improve outcomes for young people.
Working together to make Beyond Youth Custody’s research count
28 March 2018 | Posted in Event General interest | Tagged with Engaging young people
On Thursday 22 March 2018, BYC co-hosted a conference in London on the improvement of policy and practice in the effective resettlement of young people, in partnership with Making Research Count at the University of Bedfordshire and King’s College London.
“Young people should be involved right from the beginning” – Meaningful participation in youth justice services
8 March 2018 | Posted in General interest
On 27 February, Beyond Youth Custody and the Clinks Service User Network brought together staff and young experts from Peer Power and Everton in the Community – along with a diverse range of stakeholders for an effective practice sharing workshop on involving young people in justice services.
Practitioner event – Involving Young People in Youth Justice Services
5 January 2018 | Posted in Event General interest | Tagged with Engaging young people
Clinks’ Service User Involvement Managers’ Network, in partnership with BYC, Peer Power and Everton in the Community, are holding a workshop about effective youth participation and engagement.
News from Beyond Youth Custody – December 2017
15 December 2017 | Posted in General interest
Read BYC’s December newsletter that updates on recent work, publications and events and highlights opportunities to get involved in the future.
Reflecting on the Youth Justice Convention 2017
27 November 2017 | Posted in General interest
The 21 and 22 November 2017 marked the 17th annual Youth Justice Convention (YJC17), which gathered more than 500 youth justice professionals to the King Power Stadium in Leicester.
New report from Beyond Youth Custody
20 November 2017 | Posted in General interest
Today Beyond Youth Custody releases a new report that proposes a framework for the effective resettlement of young people leaving custody.
Beyond Youth Custody’s learning presented to an international audience
27 October 2017 | Posted in General interest
BYC represents the UK at the International Corrections & Prisons Association (ICPA) annual conference.
News from Beyond Youth Custody – August 2017
1 August 2017 | Posted in General interest
Read BYC’s August newsletter that updates on recent work, publications and events and highlights opportunities to get involved in the future.
Beyond Youth Custody and Youth Justice Board call for effective participation practice
23 May 2017 | Posted in General interest | Tagged with Participatory approaches
Beyond Youth Custody and the Youth Justice Board call for examples of effective practice around participation
News from Beyond Youth Custody – April 2017
10 April 2017 | Posted in General interest
Read BYC’s April newsletter that updates on recent work, publications and events and highlights opportunities to get involved in the future.
Putting our heads together – findings from practitioner workshop on effective resettlement
16 February 2017 | Posted in Event General interest
Last week, the Beyond Youth Custody team brought together colleagues from Youth in Focus resettlement projects for an effective practice sharing workshop
From now to the future: Youth Justice Convention
6 December 2016 | Posted in General interest
Key highlights from last week’s Annual Youth Justice Convention 2016
Is the justice system retraumatising vulnerable young people?
28 November 2016 | Posted in General interest Resource | Tagged with Trauma
A new report from BYC states that young people in the criminal justice system have a disproportionate amount of childhood and adolescent trauma, and draws out implications for practice
Raise aspirations, build resilience and encourage care leavers to reach their potential – key messages from this year’s Care Leavers’ Conference 2016
2 November 2016 | Posted in Event General interest
Find out what was discussed at this year’s annual Care Leavers’ Week Conference
Have you engaged with the work of Beyond Youth Custody?
10 October 2016 | Posted in General interest
Your views can help shape the future of BYC. Please help us by answering our 6 question survey
News from Beyond Youth Custody – August 2016
24 August 2016 | Posted in General interest
Read BYC’s August newsletter that updates on recent work, publications and events and highlights opportunities to get involved in the future
New guide for practitioners sets out how young people can be helped to cope with release from custody
22 August 2016 | Posted in General interest | Tagged with Transition to community
Beyond Youth Custody’s new practitioner’s guide is about the way that young people experience the transition back into the community
News from Beyond Youth Custody – April 2016
11 April 2016 | Posted in General interest
Read BYC’s April newsletter that updates on recent work, publications and events and highlights opportunities to get involved in the future
Latest lessons in the resettlement of young people
22 March 2016 | Posted in General interest
Beyond Youth Custody has today published the most recent in a series of regular updates intended to outline the latest lessons from research, policy and practice in the resettlement of young people
New briefings explore measuring ‘effectiveness’ in resettlement of young people
15 March 2016 | Posted in General interest Resource
Two complementary briefings from Beyond Youth Custody focus on measuring effectiveness specifically for stakeholders involved in the resettlement of young people
Hearing from the experts – giving young people a voice in the Review of Youth Justice
11 March 2016 | Posted in Event General interest
Last week Nacro, in partnership with Peer Power and Clinks, held two consultation events to hear the voices of young people and feed their views into Charlie Taylor’s Review of Youth Justice
The Journey of the Child – headlines from the Youth Justice Convention 2015
7 December 2015 | Posted in General interest
Beyond Youth Custody’s write-up of this year’s annual Youth Justice Convention
Recognising and responding to diversity is key to effective resettlement
19 November 2015 | Posted in General interest | Tagged with Diversity
Understanding young people and responding to individual needs is essential to engaging effectively in resettlement after a period in custody, according to two new guides published today by Beyond Youth Custody
The costs of youth justice
20 October 2015 | Posted in General interest
Last week saw the joint National Association for Youth Justice (NAYJ) and Association of Youth Offending Team Managers (AYM) conference on ‘The costs of youth justice’ in Liverpool.
Education, work and families essential to reduce reoffending – messages from the Conservative Party Conference
9 October 2015 | Posted in General interest
Nacro and Beyond Youth Custody held a round table event, ‘Throw away the key? Ending the cycle of reoffending’, at the Conservative Party Conference.
Effective approaches with young adults: practitioner’s event
2 October 2015 | Posted in General interest
Wednesday 11 November 2015 | London (half day), free
Reducing reoffending on the menu at Labour’s Party Conference
30 September 2015 | Posted in General interest
Politicians and key opinion formers came together to discuss the future of young people in the criminal justice system at the Labour Party Conference in Brighton
Throw Away The Key? Ending the cycle of re-offending: Labour Party Annual Conference fringe event
28 September 2015 | Posted in Event General interest
“Throw Away The Key? Ending the cycle of re-offending” is a panel debate that will be held tomorrow on ending the cycle of re-offending, drawing on the evidence from Beyond Youth Custody
Latest lessons in the resettlement of young people
21 August 2015 | Posted in General interest
Beyond Youth Custody has today published the most recent in a series of regular updates intended to outline the latest lessons from research, policy and practice in the resettlement of young people.
Beyond Youth Custody’s latest resettlement report draws the parliamentary crowds
14 July 2015 | Posted in Event General interest
Highlights from our parliamentary launch of new report ‘Effective resettlement of young people: lessons from Beyond Youth Custody’
A new way of working is needed to help young people leaving custody – warns new report
2 July 2015 | Posted in General interest
A new report published today from the Beyond Youth Custody programme reveals how the system of helping young people leaving custody is failing hundreds of young people every year. It highlights how reoffending rates remain stubbornly high and is warning […]
Latest lessons on resettlement of young people
5 May 2015 | Posted in General interest
Beyond Youth Custody has today published the most recent in a series of regular updates intended to outline the latest lessons from research, policy and practice in the resettlement of young people.
New report on gangs says focus on resettlement after custody to reduce crime
7 April 2015 | Posted in General interest | Tagged with Gangs
Research from Beyond Youth Custody released today looks at how to address the growing concern of managing gang-involved young people when they are released from prison
Criminal Justice Alliance conference – What should an agenda for the new government look like?
18 March 2015 | Posted in General interest | Tagged with Young women and girls
The first ever Criminal Justice Alliance conference took place in March and brought together members of the CJA, practitioners, policy makers and other criminal justice stakeholders to consider: ‘what should an agenda for the new government look like?’
Are young people being “set up to fail” on release from custody?
17 February 2015 | Posted in General interest | Tagged with Transition to community
Beyond Youth Custody research released today says young people do not feel prepared for release and lack the support they need to cope with the transition back into the community.
Exciting job opportunity to join the Beyond Youth Custody research team
29 January 2015 | Posted in General interest
Beyond Youth Custody is seeking to recruit a part time Research Assistant to join our dynamic research team
Roundtable event on the resettlement of girls and young women: developing a gender-sensitive approach
27 January 2015 | Posted in General interest | Tagged with Young women and girls
On 20 January, BYC held a roundtable to bring together the perspectives of key stakeholders, policy makers and practitioners, consider the findings of Beyond Youth Custody research into the resettlement of girls and young women and make recommendations for resettlement of this group.
A timeline of youth justice legislation, policy and practice
5 December 2014 | Posted in General interest Resource
Beyond Youth Custody consolidates significant events in hundreds of years of youth justice in a new interactive timeline.
Beyond Youth Custody welcomes help for women to maintain family ties
10 November 2014 | Posted in General interest | Tagged with Young women and girls
Beyond Youth Custody welcomes Justice Minister, Simon Hughes’s, announcement about the introduction of family engagement workers.
ADAPT makes the headlines
5 August 2014 | Posted in General interest | Tagged with Engaging young people
Seven young adults from the ADAPT project have made a series of short films about their life experiences with the charity Headliners.
Beyond Youth Custody publishes a practitioner’s guide on participatory approaches for young people in resettlement
25 April 2014 | Posted in General interest | Tagged with Participatory approaches
The Beyond Youth Custody Programme launches its latest piece of work today on participatory approaches for young people in resettlement. Participatory approaches involve young people in determining the services that are delivered to them. Participatory approaches enable young people to […]
Beyond Youth Custody publishes a practitioner’s guide on how to engage young people in resettlement
9 April 2014 | Posted in General interest | Tagged with Engaging young people
The Beyond Youth Custody Programme launches its latest piece of work today on engaging young people in resettlement.
Writing competition for young people who have been in custody – winner announced!
28 March 2014 | Posted in General interest | Tagged with Engaging young people
A huge thank you to all the young people who sent us their entries and shared their experiences with us.
Writing competition for young people who have been in custody
7 September 2013 | Posted in General interest
Open to people aged 16-25 who have left custody. Get creative!
Call for case studies showing innovative practice
5 September 2013 | Posted in General interest
Do you have a case study from your project that you think highlights effective practice in one of these key areas?
Beyond Youth Custody publishes quarterly update to review on resettlement of young offenders
23 August 2013 | Posted in General interest
Beyond Youth Custody has today published its first quarterly update to the extensive literature review about the resettlement of young people leaving custody that was produced in April 2013.
New literature review emphasises importance of properly co-ordinated resettlement
15 April 2013 | Posted in General interest
A new literature review released today by Beyond Youth Custody highlights that properly co-ordinated resettlement can significantly reduce reoffending and reduce costs if resettlement services are sufficiently resourced and work together with the secure estate to address the needs of young people.