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New £20 Million Fund to Divert Young People from Violence (England and Wales)

A new £20 million fund has been launched to evaluate different diversion approaches that work best at preventing 10 to 17-year-olds in England and Wales from becoming involved in violence. 

The funding is being made available through the Youth Endowment Fund’s  - Another chance - Diversion from the criminal justice system – themed funding round. Diversion approaches could include mental health support, whole family interventions or mentoring (for example). 

The Youth Endowment Fund is aiming to identify around 10-20 programmes that are ready for robust impact evaluation or could be supported to reach this point within two years. 

The funding is available to any organisation – including charities, public services or the private sector – that receive referrals from a relevant statutory service (for example, the police, schools, local youth offending team or social care).

The closing date for applications is the 14th May 2021.

 

Useful Links:

Application guidance

Application questions

Prospectus (for the Welsh version, click here).

FAQs

20th April 2021