The AYJ is delighted to welcome five new trustees to our board, appointed at our 2025 Annual General Meeting. They bring a wealth of experience across youth justice, policy, finance, legal practice and frontline work with children and young people.

This week the AYJ says goodbye to Pippa Goodfellow, who has been the AYJ’s Chief Executive for the past five years.

The AYJ is delighted to announce that the Charity Commission has registered us as a charity, following our recent application and has been entered onto the Register of Charities.

The AYJ has worked with members, stakeholders and children and young people to identify four priority areas for our policy influencing work across 2023-25: Rethinking policing; Explaining and reforming racial disparities; Ensuring custody is a last resort; and Reframing violence.

Saqib Deshmukh, our Interim CEO, shares his thoughts on the AYJ’s present progress and future plans.

AYJ Director, Pippa Goodfellow, writes to update our members, partners and colleagues mid-way through the year, reflecting on our work together so far in 2021 and looking ahead to plans in the coming months.

We are delighted to announce our relaunch as the Alliance for Youth Justice (AYJ), today, marking a new and exciting phase for the organisation previously known as the Standing Committee for Youth Justice (SCYJ). The AYJ brings together over 70 non-profit organisations, advocating for and with children to drive positive change in youth justice in England and Wales.

AYJ Director, Pippa Goodfellow, reflects on the process of relaunching as the Alliance of Youth Justice (AYJ). She outlines the reasons for revisiting and refreshing the organisation’s purpose, activities and objectives - to lay strong foundations to achieve greater engagement and impact in the future.

Our Director Pippa Goodfellow writes to wish our members, partners and colleagues a Happy New Year, reflecting on our work together through 2020 and looking ahead to plans for 2021.