Are knife crime solutions raised in #GeneralElection debates brave enough? Public health and cross-governmental approaches, youth workers in A&Es, young futures hubs all sound good. But without tackling poverty and inequalities, the root causes remain👇 redthread.org.uk/general-electi…

Grateful to the Youth Justice Legal Centre for their excellent summary of our Exploitation practice guide for legal professionals posted at yjlc.uk/resources/lega…. Access the resource at flipsnack.com/CA7CFEBBDC9/ex…

We are SO thrilled to be hosting Just for Kids Law's 18th Birthday Party & book launch for their co-founder Aika Stephenson's book 'In Their Defence: Fighting for Youth Justice One Child at a Time' Kate Aubrey-Johnson, our #ChildrensRights Team Convenor, begins by welcoming all.

1. Create a Department for Children, led by a Secretary of State for Children ✅To protect and support all vulnerable children, and ensure children involved in crime are treated differently to adults

The youth justice system is in need of serious reform. ⚖ As a member of AYJ, we support this new briefing and urge the Government to take meaningful action. Read the full report here: ayj.org.uk/news-content/n… #ChildRights #YouthJustice

This week, MPs led by Kim Johnson tabled an Early Day Motion calling on the Labour government to make good on its pledge, while in opposition, to reform the joint enterprise legal dragnet that has seen friends and associates collectively punished for the crimes of an individual

📣 Criminal practitioners often don’t understand the impact that contact with the Criminal Legal System might have on a child’s immigration status. Join us on 18th Sept at 1pm online to hear from experts on the relevant legal frameworks & key issues yjlc.uk/training-and-e…

CHILD FIRST CUSTODY TRAINING & RESEARCH PILOT (CHiRP) is well under way, it’s great to see so many lawyers here listing to this expert-led training on how to best represent children in the police station.

Wow! It’s so exciting to be kickstarting this exciting to pilot a #childfirst approach in police custody ChiRP (Child first training and research project) begins …. Youth Practioners’ Association Metropolitan Police MOPAC Child Rights Youth Justice Youth Justice Legal Centre Thank you HJA Criminal Litigation for having us

Tonight we concluded our expert led training with Mel Stooks and Aika Stephenson! Thank you to all our newly trained child specialist police stn lawyers!!! Watch this space… Youth Justice Legal Centre Youth Practioners’ Association LCCSA Child Rights Youth Justice Just for Kids Law MOPAC Metropolitan Police #childfirst

Children, Crime and Immigration: YJLC lunchtime webinar today at 1pm. Here from experts: Grace Loncraine Commons Law CIC Anna Skehan Islington Law Centre Gaby Couchman Islington Council Register here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/children-cri…

Millions of days of custody could be saved by adopting a "holistic defence service" that address reasons for offending, reducing crime & saving taxpayers’ money, a report from Commons Law CIC says, calling on Ministry of Justice to pilot it - in Times Law: thetimes.com/uk/law/article…