“Tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime” (Tony Blair, 2004).
The Prime Minister’s words still resonate today. Unless we tackle the causes as well as the consequences of crime, we will not grasp the root of the problem. The answer has to lie in action centred on communities and those at risk.
More police, tougher [...]

When people draw up lists of ways to address the problem of excluded young people, it is difficult to imagine that angling features highly. But one project that began in the North East, is showing how this most popular of UK sports can help tackle (if you excuse the pun) these difficult problems.
Developed by Mick [...]

Innovation, says the OEDC, is “new products, business processes and organic changes that create wealth or social welfare”. Richard Lyons, chief learning officer at Goldman Sachs, an investment bank, defines it as “fresh thinking that creates value”.
The Economist ran a 14 page special report on innovation last month, which raised some interesting points and really [...]

Last week the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation released a publication titled ‘No Fear, growing up in a risk averse society’. The main thrust of the report is that growing up in an over controlled environment has affected children in an adverse way.
For example, the report mentions that in 1971, 8 out of 10 children aged 7 [...]

I’ve just returned from the first of a series of regional events run by The National Youth Agency about the Government’s ten year strategy for positive activities for young people – ‘Aiming High for Young People’. The events are digging deeper into the challenges and opportunities of change around workforce development, creating markets for commissioning, [...]