The Ending Youth Violence Lab is a new venture between Stuart Roden, The Youth Endowment Fund and the Behavioural Insights Team which seeks to be part of the solution to ending youth violence and improving outcomes for children.
We're here to catalyse a step change in understanding and tackling youth violence. Find out more about who we are and what we do using the links below.
We're here to catalyse a step change in understanding and tackling youth violence. Find out more about how to get involved using the links below.
The UK evidence base on the most effective approaches to supporting children at risk of becoming involved in crime and violence is limited. The Lab will work with partners in the sector to address gaps in the evidence and ensure that we are providing effective services to vulnerable children.
We will focus on the development and early-stage testing of interventions, building a pipeline of high-quality, UK-based interventions which are ready for – and committed to – rigorous impact evaluation. We will do this by:
Adapting and importing interventions from overseas – We will identify approaches with strong evidence of improving youth violence outcomes or related upstream factors in other countries, adapt these to the UK context, and deliver early-stage testing.
Working with UK organisations – We will work with the sector to find interventions at home that have strong theoretical underpinnings and are committed to evaluating and overseeing the development and early-stage testing needed to get them trial-ready.
Co-designing new approaches – We will build partnerships and fund the development of novel approaches to tackling youth violence, with a focus on addressing underserved populations and unmet needs.
The recent Ending Youth Violence Lab launch event was a significant milestone for us. It was our first major opportunity to engage with stakeholders across the sector and to set out what we are seeking to achieve and how we will work.
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