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PREVENT Watch UK The City Law School UCL The Traveller Movement Harrow Law Centre Agnes Agyepong Global Black Maternal Health GT Stewart Solicitors & Advocates Simpson Millar Raheel Mohammed Maslaha Shabna Begum Runnymede Trust Dr LauraJanes Youth Justice Legal Centre Kate Aubrey-Johnson Drive Forward T2A Alliance Barrow Cadbury Trust 🧡 Dr Jo Easton Unlock Just for Kids Law Caroline Liggins Hodge Jones & Allen Joanne Cecil Our Stella Harris: Turning eighteen doesn’t mean full maturity or losing protections. Children, especially Black children, are often misjudged as 'mini adults' and face systemic biases in custody & sentencing - "We’ve got to do better, and we’ve got to say it." #ChildrensRights

YJLC training co-delivered with young people gives pupil barristers at Garden Court Chambers an opportunity to explain the law and process to children and to get their direct feedback. Communicating with children effectively is an essential part of providing children with

Stop and search power ineffective and should be scrapped, says report (The Times and The Sunday Times) thetimes.com/uk/crime/artic…

Great to see our own @HannahLSmithson talking at Youth Justice Legal Centre seminar with Thomas LANG about participatory youth practice. Evidence based approach to meaningful participation

Meanwhile up with Newcastle YJS Newcastle City Council we are training the team on Court Bail & Remand #childfirst #youthjustice thanks once again to our experienced trainer Ruth Hamann McGregor, travelling across the country empowering YJS teams with the knowledge they need to feel

news.sky.com/story/inside-t… Delays have a particularly harsh impact on children, significantly harming their life chances at a critical stage of development. These delays make it harder for them to move forward and break free from the criminal legal system.

Great to be at the inaugural meeting of the APPG on children in police custody Michelle Welsh MP Miranda Bevan the inquiry & report will make vital recommendations for policy makers and practitioners which could transform the experience for children #childfirst #policing

An afternoon of online PSR and Sentencing training for Plymouth City Council Youth Justice Service with our highly experienced trainer Mel Stooks GT Stewart Solicitors & Advocates covering everything from the sentencing guidelines and how to use them in reports to tricky cases including dangerousness and

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ho… new open access article - Power in the courtroom: Judicial perspectives on care-experienced girls and women in court Claire Fitzpatrick

We attended both days of the #Manchester10 appeals hearing and hoping for the most caring outcome despite the violence of the courts thus far - sending all our love to the boys, their families and communities, and Kids Of Colour 💛 #FreeTheMcr10 #FreeThemAll

📣The #Manchester10 Appeal: Judgment Expected in January 2025📣 The Manchester 10 Appeals against convictions & sentence were heard over two days with Garden Court’s Keir Monteith KC and Audrey Cherryl Mogan (@acmogan) leading the submissions. Read on🔽 gardencourtchambers.co.uk/the-manchester…

🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 Are our courts capable of dealing with vulnerable children? Aika Stephenson Just for Kids Law & Danielle Manson Matrix discuss which cases go to court, how children are treated & how courts can be more child friendly 🎧Listen now: pod.fo/e/29bea1

As an organisation, YJLC are delighted to be supported by The Raheem Sterling Foundation This amazing organisation is dedicated to helping young people from disadvantaged backgrounds break down barriers to success, find their voice, and realise their true potential in the world. We are really

Important report further highlighting the crisis in harmful child prisons. It calls for custody to be used only as a last resort, in welfare based establishments, and for the creation of a Department for Children so responsibility for all vulnerable children is in one place.

Youth justice stats - some don't look good...increases in offending after custody, increases of custody use (is this due to knife crime policies?), still too many children remanded (62% don't then get custody), still too much disproportionality tinyurl.com/3t5syrnv Youth Justice Board