Working with the Prevention Programme: Transforming systems to protect young people

Since 2019, The Children’s Society’s Prevention Programme has worked to bring about change for young . . . people in England and Wales. Every child has the right to a safe, happy childhood. But all too often that safety, that happiness, is put at risk. Those seeking to exploit and abuse children are always adapting their tactics,
but the systems our society has put in place to respond and protect young people can sometimes struggle to keep pace.
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Childhood trauma, the brain and the social world: A short guide about the importance of social relationships for mental health

“In this guide, we share some of the latest research looking at how brain changes following trauma . . . can affect a child’s social world. We consider how adults and systems can help build a better social world.”
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Toward a system that heals: Exploring empathy and its application to youth justice and children’s education, health and social care services.

Through the report I will comment on love, kindness and compassion in systems, and I realise as I . . . come to conclude the writing of this report, that actually empathy is an intentional ‘doing’ word, and that in fact empathy is the driver to love, kindness and compassionate action that leads to ‘empathic interactions’, and increases connection between service providers and those who use the services.
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Causes and Impact of Offending and Criminal Justice Pathways: Follow-up of the Edinburgh Study Cohort at Age 35

The Edinburgh Study is a major programme of research that spans more than two decades and involves . . . over 4,000 individual cohort members who were attending schools in Scotland’s capital city at the turn of the 21st Century. The Study has always relied on the cooperation, goodwill and enthusiasm of its participants who have given their time generously to support the overall aims of the research in improving the lives of children, young people and adults involved in offending or in contact with systems of justice.
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