💻 This #SaferInternetDay, Ending Youth Violence Lab (hosted by BIT) introduces their new social media research framework with a guest blog from the authors of Against Youth Violence: A Social Harm Perspective, Luke Billingham and Keir Irwin-Rogers. Check it out 👇 buff.ly/49qTObE

It is five years since the Youth Endowment Fund was born. It is the UK’s largest What Works Centre - focused on finding what works to reduce violence and changing things. So what has been achieved?🧵(1/23)

We’re excited to be kicking off our partners and stakeholders evening! To start us off, Lab funder Stuart Roden joins over video, sharing more about the origins of the Lab, why he has decided to fund it, and the progress that has been made over the last two years.

We’re now hearing from Mollie from Youth Endowment Fund. Mollie discusses our big new project - Summer Jobs - aiming to provide employment opportunities to up to 600 young people this Summer. Read more here: bi.team/projects/summe…

We’re honoured to be joined by Carlin Peton from the Youth Endowment Fund Youth Advisory Board. Carlin tells us about how his childhood experiences motivated him to support the work of organisations like YEF and the Lab.

Our very own Tom McBride is up next, updating on the progress of our current projects including bringing the well-evidenced GenPMTO parenting programme to the UK for the first time with our partners Barnardo’s. Read more here: bi.team/projects/genpm…

We want to engage with like-minded organisations, including trusts and foundations, on expanding our impact. Tom McBride shares a number of exciting new projects in the pipeline, including on social media. Read more here: bi.team/wp-content/upl…

Jens Ludwig from our ‘big sibling’ in the States - the University of Chicago Crime Lab - discusses the massive potential for social change through effective programmes as such as Becoming a Man.

And that’s a wrap. Thank you very much to our speakers and attendees. If you’d like to find out more about the Lab's work or support us, read more about how we’d like to continue making a difference here: bi.team/wp-content/upl…

Interesting thoughts from Jon Yates. We’ve argued for much more work to understand if and how social media impacts on youth violence bi.team/wp-content/upl…

New LANDMARK report out today from @youthendowfund. Are children safer today than 10 years ago? Are public services better or worse at keeping children safe? ... Important thread to know what's happening 👇 🚨 (1/10)

🚨 Helping Police Forces analyse Homicides and Suspicious Deaths 📊 Join a webinar hosted by the The Behavioural Insights Team and London's Violence Reduction Unit on a coding framework for homicide cases withni the Metropolitan Police. 📅 Date: 14 August ⏰ Time: 10:00-11:00 ✋ Register now: lnkd.in/epUeMtg9