Tackling Youth Violence Network

1. Tackling Youth Violence Network Friday 17th May - Mental Health Awareness Week Westside Young People’s Centre, Ealing

2. Welcome Stuart Thomson, Trustee - London Youth

3. About London Youth London Youth is a membership network of 450+ community youth organisations across London. We are a charity on a mission to improve the lives of young Londoners. We deliver a broad range of services to our members, including funded opportunities, Quality Mark accreditation, resources and relationships, training, specialist networks, and a policy and research voice. We deliver our own sports, arts, employability, and youth leadership programmes. Last year, we worked with 27,000 young people on our programmes and through our residential centres, Hindleap Warren and Woodrow High House. Find out more: https://londonyouth.org/

4. About the Tackling Youth Violence Network The Tackling Youth Violence Network, which has been running since 2012, is a unique forum in London that regularly brings together youth workers and other specialists involved in front-line youth violence programmes. It’s an opportunity for youth violence professionals to share best practice, to network and partner, and to connect with politicians and policymakers. The network is primarily aimed at London Youth members, but is open to any organisation or statutory service involved or interested in tackling youth violence in London. Find out more: https://londonyouth.org/what-we-do/our-networks/

5. Our networks (Mar-May 2019)

6. Agenda

7. Policy Update Samuel Howell, Policy Officer - London Youth

8. Working for our members • Meeting at No. 10 Downing Street around the Serious Youth Violence Summit • Continuing to engage with the London VRU • Read our response to the House of Commons Women & Equalities Committee: Mental Health of Men and Boys Inquiry • Read our statement on the Spring Budget Statement 2019 • In the media: Evening Standard, Children & Young People Now, and FE News • In reports: Esmée Fairbairn Foundation: Insights on Core Funding, APPG on Youth Affairs: Youth Inquiry, and Siân Berry AM: London’s Lost Youth Services Report 2019

9. Consultation Home Office: Serious Violence Multi-agency Legal Duty Consultation • Closes Tuesday 28th May • Find out more • https://londonyouth.org/have-your-say-home-office-multi-agency-legal-duty-consultation/ • Co-sign our response • samuel.howell@londonyouth.org • Attend our Consultation Workshop (Monday 20th May) • https://londonyouth.org/consultation-workshop-home-offices-multi-agency-legal-duty-20-may-2019

10. Updates - Announcements • DCMS Youth Charter • Spring Statement: • Serious Violence Fund (£100 million) • Funding for national VRUs • Youth Violence Summit • Serious violence legal duty • Impetus PEF to distribute the Youth Endowment Fund (£200 million, over 10-years, first grants in autumn 2019)

11. Updates - Resources & Reports • Department for Education: Timpson Review of School Exclusions • Sian Berry AM: London’s Lost Youth Services • Ofsted: Safeguarding Children and Young People in Education from Knife Crime • Impetus PEF: Establishing the Employment Gap • APPG on Knife Crime: Link between youth service cuts and rising knife crime • Parliamentary Office of Science &Technology and Nuffield Foundation: Early Interventions to Reduce Violent Crime

12. Policy Advisory Group • Putting our members at the heart of the policy and media work. The expertise of our membership of 450+ youth organisations is our biggest strength. • Choose how and on what issues you want to engage, with no automatic commitment of time. • Sign up here: https://londonyouth.org/policy-advisory-group

13. London VRU Lynne Abrams, Head of the VRU

14. Violence Reduction Unit Lynne Abrams, Head of VRU

15. Context and Objectives • The Violence Reduction Unit was launched by the Mayor in September 2018. • The Mayor initially directed £500,000 to mobilise the unit and has now invested a further £6.8m to be fund local services and programmes. • The services and programmes will provide greater capacity to deliver early interventions to help prevent the spread of violence and support projects that will help tackle the complex root causes. • The Unit has developed three strategic aims: • Stabilise & reduce violence across London • Empower Londoners to stay safe, united and inclusive • Align attitudes & perceptions of Violence with ‘reality’

16. Purpose of today • To outline the discussions so far • To outline the work programme content • To inform you about our plans and next steps for the VRU • To hear your thoughts about the elements which most affect you and the people you work with

17. Building the evidence and listening to partners • Drawing on international and national approaches towards tackling violence • A Strategic Needs Assessment • A review of Homicides and Serious Case Reviews • A Performance Framework • Discussion and engagement over the last six months through; Partnership Reference Group, practitioner workshops, Community Involvement Planning meetings. • Bespoke events – health, VCS, Safeguarding Boards, Health & Wellbeing Boards.

18. Approach and PrinciplesA contextual violence reduction approach International & national influences City & place Institutions & systems Communities & Neighbourhoods Responsible evidenced- based leadership; mutual accountability to invest in what works Learn from and share with the global community to build on what works and improve outcomes for all Peers & Friends Enable and Empower to lead from within to build sustainable futures Families & Home Support young people to be the best they can individually and together Building a London that is safe, united and inclusive Support & enable to nurture and protect Children & Young people Reduce ACES & Build resilience

19. Draft work programme The Unit is proposing eight core objectives, to be delivered initially over a two year period: • Supporting individuals to be more resilient • Supporting stronger families • Young People leading change • Keeping schools safe, keeping young people in school and improving alternatives • Keeping young people safe in public areas and encourage greater activity during holidays • Enabling local communities to be strong, safe and resilient • Giving young people every chance to succeed • Changing the message around violence

20. Supporting individuals to be more resilient Framework Reduce Adverse Childhood experiences and build resilience Interventions Develop more personalised services, encourage and support further collaboration with public sectors partners and the VCS. Develop and share a range of examples of existing good practice. Support for young people who witness and/or suffer domestic abuse.

21. Supporting stronger families Framework Supporting parents and carers to nurture and protect Interventions Develop resilient families who can spot vulnerabilities and know where to access support. Ensure that adults experiencing domestic abuse are supported

22. Young people leading change Framework Support young people to be the best they can individually and together Interventions To establish a strand of work, led entirely by young people, which develops a peer-to-peer response to violence

23. Enabling local communities to be strong, safe and resilient Framework Enabling and empowering communities to lead from within to build sustainable futures Interventions Identify the barriers to community trust and work with partners to foster greater openness and transparency. Provide funding, evaluation of projects and promotion of best practice to areas most affected by violence. Ensure there is a comprehensive package of support for communities to access following a violent incident.

24. Keeping schools safe, keeping young people and improving alternatives Framework Institutions providing responsible leadership; London partners having mutual accountability to invest in what works Interventions Create standards through a demonstrable programme of activities. Reduce the number of young people excluded and missing from mainstream education. To support young people at difficult points in their school journey, particularly those with special educational needs, and to support successful primary and secondary transition.

25. Keep young people safe in public areas and encourage greater activity during holidays Framework Building a London that is safe, united and inclusive Interventions Increase and promote activity for young people during times of 4-7pm. Ensure there is a full and promoted programme of activity for young people ad families during the school holidays. Work with young people to focus efforts on making the most dangerous transport hubs safer.

26. Giving young people every chance to succeed Framework Institutions providing responsible leadership; London partners having a mutual accountability to invest in what works Interventions To support initiatives across the criminal justice system to reduce violence and provide support to offenders To recognise the disproportionate number of young black men in the criminal justice system, and target supportive interventions to get them out

27. Changing the message around violence Framework Tackling and changing international and national influences, building on what works and improve outcome for all Interventions Develop a clear, simple and jargon free language around violence that can be a positive message of hope to both reassure and encourage London citizens To discourage the imagery of knives and other shocking newspaper and social media headlines that spread fear rather than understanding about the causes of violence To confront head-on the much promoted but inaccurate idea that youth violence is black on black violence

28. Proposed next steps • Detailed development of the work programme with a broader network of partners (by end of May) • Possible workshop – 30th May • Identify and agree partner leads for specific projects and programmes (by end of June) • Developing an outcomes based performance framework with support from the Evidence & Insight Team/ GLA Intelligence • An Equalities Impact Assessment on the work programme (by end of May) • A commissioning framework (by end of June)

29. London VRU: Reflections and discussion • Does the draft work programme place enough emphasis on the right areas, does it give balance to both immediate and long term activity? • How can the VRU facilitate our commitments to co-design the work programme as we move to implementation? • What aspects of the work programme need to be prioritised in your opinion? • What aspects do you think this group/ the youth violence sector could be most involved in? • Would you be interested in a workshop on the action plan?

30. Young Londoners Fund Sarah Wilkins, Senior Education and Youth Manager - GLA

31. Young Londoners FundRound Twowww.london.gov.uk/young-londoners-fund

32. Young Londoners Fund Helping children and young people aged 10 to 21 to fulfil their potential, particularly those at risk of getting caught up in crime. It will support a range of education, sport, cultural and other activities. This year £15m is available to support projects working with children and young people. Last year (2018) 105 organisations were awarded grants, totally £15m.

33. Aims

34. Who can apply Your organisation must be legally constituted Your annual grant proposed must not be more than 50 per cent of the annual turnover of your organisation Your lead applicant must be able to provide audited/examined accounts You must have a proven track record in the work your organisation does You must have expertise and / or experience in delivering the kind of work set out in your proposal You should have or commit to working towards the London Youth Quality Mark & Project Oracle Validation Standard 1

35. Funding available

36. Who the YLF funding supports

37. Outputs and outcomes Mandatory Young Londoner Fund Output Number of young people who start and complete activity Outcomes What will change for the young people you are supporting and how will you measure that change?

38. Feedback on round one applications

39. Local networks

40. Application window

41. Key documents and links Prospectus and Application Guidance www.london.gov.uk/apply-young-Londoners-fund Register on our grants portal https://gla.flexigrant.com Data Resource Pack https://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/ylf-round-2-data-resource-pack_5.pdf Project Development Resources www.london.gov.uk/ylf-resources If you have questions about the application process: Helpline 020 3291 3026 younglondonersfund@rocketsciencelab.co.uk A FAQ document is available for round two and will be updated until 5 July 2019. Twitter: #YoungLondonersFund @MayorofLondon

42. Questions

43. Tea Break

44. “Preventing serious youth violence – what works?” Report Anne-Mari Hall, Senior Knowledge and Learning Manager – The National Lottery Community Fund

45. Group Discussion Nicole Bristol-Robinson, Membership Development Officer – London Youth

46. Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) What is it? 24/7, 365 day service available to support with work, personal, family issues, daily living and life events. This is available to all London Youth staff and now all of our members. You’ll be able to receive: • Professional consultations • Short-term counselling • Information / Resources • Referrals to local services There is no limit to the number of issues you can gain support on

47. Next Steps We hope that you find the EAP service to be a valuable resource. In order to get access to the service, contact the Membership Development team at membership@londonyouth.org to request the necessary credentials. https://londonyouth.org/membership/employee-assistance-programme-eap/

48. Group Discussion Please discuss the following questions with the mental health and wellbeing of yourself and other youth professionals in mind… • What issues do you or your colleagues struggle with? i.e. What are the issues that affect the mental health and wellbeing of youth professionals? • What current support do you or your colleagues have? i.e. What personal, professional, or organisational resources or processes support your mental health and wellbeing? • What support do you or your colleagues need? i.e. What’s missing? What could your organisation, London Youth, central or local government, or other charities do to support your mental health and wellbeing?

49. Conclusion Stuart Thomson, Trustee – London Youth

50. Upcoming networks (Jun-Aug 2019)