News and communications

Thousands of troubled youngsters will be put back on the right track thanks to a new £5 million fund for crime-cutting sports schemes, the Deputy Prime Minister has announced today (4 November 2022).

• Updated: 4 November 2022

Keith Fraser, Chair of the YJB, summarises a report which brings together thoughts on achieving a Child First system from 200+ youth justice experts

• Updated: 24 October 2022

By Professor Neal Hazel, YJB Board Member and Chair of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Salford.

• Updated: 21 October 2022

Claudia Sturt, Chief Executive of the Youth Justice Board (YJB), looks at the YJB's activity over the past year.

• Updated: 13 October 2022

Hundreds more victims expected to be helped through funding of support services to 2025.

• Updated: 24 September 2022

Response by the Youth Justice Board for England and Wales (YJB) to the government's SEND Review.

• Updated: 5 August 2022

Keith Fraser, Chair of the Youth Justice Board (YJB), talks about Child First and over-representation in the youth justice system.

• Updated: 17 June 2022

The Youth Justice Board (YJB) publishes its outcome evaluation of AssetPlus.

• Updated: 31 May 2022

Keith Fraser, Chair of the Youth Justice Board for England and Wales, talks about today's funding announcement.

• Updated: 20 May 2022

Biggest funding package in a generation to tackle youth offending and cut crime.

• Updated: 19 May 2022

A message from Keith Fraser, Chair of the Youth Justice Board for England and Wales.

• Updated: 4 April 2022

Government today announces a further £130 million to bolster efforts tackling serious violence and homicide.

• Updated: 1 April 2022

A blog by Keith Fraser, YJB Chair and Board Champion for Over-Represented Children.

• Updated: 27 January 2022

A blog by Keith Fraser, YJB Chair and Board Champion for Over-Represented Children.

• Updated: 2 December 2021

Ofsted's Chief Inspector writes about the findings from the latest inspection of Oakhill Secure Training Centre, along with findings from recent visits.

• Updated: 14 October 2021

The Youth Justice Board (YJB) and the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners (APCC) have agreed to share information on the ethnicity of children in contact with the youth justice system.

• Updated: 10 September 2021

Keith Fraser, Chair of the Youth Justice Board (YJB), speaks at the National Violence Reduction Units (VRU) Conference.

• Updated: 16 July 2021

Serious and widespread failings at Rainsbrook secure training centre have put children and staff at risk of harm, Ofsted, HMI Prisons and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) find.

• Updated: 18 June 2021

Ofsted's Chief Inspector writes about the findings from the latest inspection of Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre, along with findings from recent visits.

• Updated: 18 June 2021

Ofsted is set to introduce a new, more effective and proportionate approach to inspecting Cafcass (the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service).

• Updated: 17 March 2021