ICPR – Young people with convictions as volunteers: guidance for resettlement organisations 

How can barriers to volunteering be overcome? This guidance is designed to help resettlement organisations promote volunteering as a positive choice for young people with offending histories. It includes details…

New Generation: Preventing young adults being caught in the revolving door

How can we intervene earlier and stabilise the bridge to adulthood to cut crime and reduce demand on police, courts, probation, prisons and other local services? This report describes how…

A fresh start – Top tips for telling an employer about your criminal record

…clarifies the types of checks that can take place, and how to talk to an employer or potential employer, and anticipate and address their concerns. Publisher: Business in the Community…

Understanding barriers to Restorative Justice for young people, young adults and victims of crime

…but may not have an understanding of the term itself. For example, when asked to rate their understanding of the word ‘restorative’, one interviewee gave a rating of three or…

Sentencing Principles for Young Adults

This document sets out the principles that ought to be applied to young adults, typically aged 18 to 25, sentenced for any offence, in line with developments in case law,…

Turning 18

How do solicitors and criminal justice practitioners ensure there is recognition of a young person’s age at the time they offended, and their maturity, at each stage of a case?…

T2A response to the Ministry of Justice consultation on the Policy Framework for Incentives and Earned Privileges, September 2018

T2A response to Ministry of Justice Prison Strategy White Paper, February 2022

Breaking through barriers: Supporting prison staff to communicate effectively with young adults

…community settings and the care system. They have published three reports and three practical resources for working with young adults – all of which highlight their voices and experiences. Recently,…

Better outcomes for children and young people with an Acquired Brain Injury (ABI)

…25-year-old group. ABI and criminal justice system Stan Gilmour has recently started coordinating a project titled “Lost in Translation, Found in Data: Decoding the Neurobiological Undercurrents of Youth Criminalisation” that…

A new vision for young adult sentencing

…more clearly underpin the sentencing of young adults in the coming years to help facilitate a positive turning point in a young person’s life. Young Adult Hubs: A Relational Approach…

I’m speaking the same language as them” – How Peer Mentoring Changes Lives

We spoke to Anthony Reid, Community Violence Mentor at St Giles Trust, about how his lived experience helps him mentor young people. Anthony is part of a team of mentors…