Longford prize winners Joint Enterprise Not Guilty by Association (JENGbA) share a quest blog as a new AYJ member, about the harms of joint enterprise and the change needed

On 24th January we hosted our Quarterly Members’ Meeting, which featured a presentation from Steph Roberts-Bibby, Chief Executive Officer of the Youth Justice Board for England and Wales (YJB).

We speak with Agnes Wootton, Re-Frame Service Manager at With You, about the importance of the programme for vulnerable children, and the research behind it.

On Tuesday 24th January, the AYJ hosted our quarterly Members’ Meeting, featuring the Children’s Commissioner for England Rachel de Souza, and her Director of Policy, Planning and Delivery Juliette Cammaerts.

We speak with Raymond Lyons - IFJ member, nurse, Registered and Court Appointed Intermediary - about why children have so many obstacles to communication and equity throughout their contact with the Youth Justice System.

AYJ Communications Officer Millie Hall visits AYJ Associate Member Luke Billingham to find out more about his wide-reaching work within the youth justice sector. Read for a whistle-stop tour of some of Luke’s key interests including tackling serious violence, the significance of sport cages, and also his motivations.

Millie Hall, Communications Assistant at the Alliance for Youth Justice, speaks to Andy Peaden, Director at The Skill Mill - one of AYJ’s newest members!

Millie Hall, Communications Assistant at the Alliance for Youth Justice, speaks to Craig Pinkney, Founder of SOLVE: The Centre for Youth Violence and Conflict - one of AYJ’s newest members!