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Contents About Project Oracle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Research Placements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Evidence Champions Seminar Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Evidence Competition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Training and Validation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Synthesis of Evidence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 By The Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Impact of Project Oracle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Evidence Competition Entrants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Project Oracle Provider Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
May 2013 • main photographs: Steve Blunt, London Metropolitan University • design: editionperiodicals.co.uk
I am committed to making Lon don the best big city in the world, where everyone gets their full potential and make an opportunity to reach a positive contribution. I wa nt every London child to rec eive the opportunities and support they need to succee d in life. To do this we need to support organisations tha t are already working with young people to make the big gest difference they can, and ensure that the best progra funding they deserve. mmes receive the
Project Oracle is bringing tog ether youth organisations, com missioners and academics understand and share what to do just that: to really works in improving the lives of children and young people. By collecting a wealth of information on pro ject evaluations and eviden ce Project Oracle benefits bot h delivery organisations and funders, ensuring that they make informed, eviden ce-based decisions, as well as wise investments. The impact of this should not be underestimated. I firmly believe that sharing knowle dge can empower organisations in the youth sec tor to achieve long-lasting tran sfo rma tion . I hope, as you read this report, appreciate and support our you will vision for Project Oracle and be inspired to become involv ed.
Boris Johnson Mayor of London
It has been an enormous priv ilege for London Metropolita n University to lead the delive the last year. At London Me ry of Project Oracle over t our goal has always been to offer young people from all kinds of backgrounds access to provision of interna tional excellence. I believe Project Oracle is an exciting opportunity to extend that ethos to children of all ages, and to different types of chi ldren and youth services, acr oss all of London. Project Oracle’s vision to sup port organisations working with children and young peo ple develop rigorous evaluation systems and reli able evidence bases for the ir projects, has never been more necessary than now. As organisations strive to do more, with less, it is vital tha t they have full confidence in programmes, and assurance the effectiveness of their that their resources are being directed to those areas ach ieving the most impact. During the last 12 months, Pro ject Oracle has already worke d with 150 charitable organisation Report highlights some of tho s. This Annual se organisations and individ uals who have been part of so far. As we look towards the Project Oracle’s journey coming year, I would like to invite you to join us on the nex Oracle journey, and am con t step of the Project fident that, as we move forw ards together, we can achiev e even more.
Professor Malcolm Gillies Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive of London Metropolitan Unive rsity
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About Project Oracle Project Oracle: Children and Youth Evidence Hub aims to improve the lives of children and young people in London by supporting youth organisations to evaluate their projects, and creating a source of independently assessed and evaluated projects. Youth organisations perform a vital function in helping to address some of the most intractable problems in society: youth crime in the UK costs an estimated £1.2 billion annually, youth unemployment currently stands at 21% and childhood obesity stands at over 30%. We believe evaluation of these projects is important because it allows organisations to determine whether their projects are achieving the positive outcomes they intend and highlights where projects are less successful, so they can be re-designed to be more effective. As such, we support organisations to develop rigorous evaluation systems, processes and reliable evidence bases for their projects. We do not assess the quality of the project’s impacts, but rather the quality of the evaluations of these projects. Our model involves the integration of rigorous academic approaches to evaluation, alongside consideration of what is practical and relevant for delivery organisations, which often have minimal resources. We support children and youth organisations to develop their evaluation capacity in five key ways: RESEARCH PLACEMENTS: Researchers at undergraduate and postgraduate levels work with providers to support the evaluation of specific projects and build organisational capacity 4 Project Oracle annual report
EVIDENCE CHAMPIONS: Programme and project commissioners are trained in evaluation and evidence-based commissioning, to ensure that funding is targeted at those projects that are successfully evaluating what they do and able to demonstrate that they are achieving their intended outcomes EVIDENCE COMPETITION: Organisations submit their current and completed evaluations to the competition to gain recognition and win cash prizes for their work judged by experts in evaluation and social research methods ONLINE SELF-ASSESSMENT, VALIDATION AND OFFLINE TRAINING: Organisations assess their evaluation work against internationally recognised Standards of Evidence online via a self-assessment process, which is supported by a validation process and receive support through offline training sessions on theories and approaches to evaluation SYNTHESIS OF EVIDENCE: Organisations submit evidence obtained through their work and evaluations for inclusion in a repository of synthesised and shared knowledge, searchable and usable for Project Oracle members to understand what works, for whom and under what circumstances.
Evidence competition A showcase of London evaluations in the past and the future
Providers are motivated to improve the monitoring and evaluation of projects
Research placements Connect research academics with community organisations
Providers are gaining good ideas on improving their monitoring and evaluation
Evidence champions Evaluation seminars and mentorship for evidence champions, policy makers, commissioners, funders, and decision makers
Providers have increased knowledge for monitoring and evaluation
Generate better evidence
Research academics are better connected with community organisations and can gain practical evaluation opportunities
Training and Validation
WHAT WORKS Reduction in youth crime and violence Improved outcomes for young people
Providers have increased capacity for monitoring and evaluation from having external evaluation capabilities
Use better evidence
Providers’ and commissioners’ access to evidence increases
Commissioners and funders have increased understanding of project monitoring and evaluation
Synthesis of evidence Develop three focused syntheses of London projects and their evaluations
Support community organisations to evaluate better
Project Oracle’s success demonstrates the importance of evaluation to providers and commissioners. To date Project Oracle has engaged with 150 children and youth providers in London, facilitated 22 research placements and trained 16 evidence champions. GEORGIE PARRY-CROOKE Programme Director, Project Oracle annual report Project Oracle 5
WHAT WE DO
Research placements The aim of our Research Placements is to encourage the exchange of skills and knowledge in a way that is sustainable and cost-effective. We know that lots of organisations working with children and young people may not have the resources or expertise to collect evidence or conduct evaluations to the level they would like. Our placements provide organisations with the support needed to build their evidence base on specific projects, understand their interventions better and reflect on improving their services for their clients. They also contribute towards the improvement of future policy, commissioning, and practice by contributing to the sector wide evidence base. As a result both provider and researcher
gain multiple benefits. Providers gain evaluation support from researchers who are supervised by experienced academics. Researchers gain a unique opportunity to contribute to an innovative public sector or voluntary sector project, whilst developing research and evaluation skills in a ’real-world’ environment. Placements are often tied in to researchers’ academic work and dissertations, which rely on practice-based research. Over the last 12 months, 22 research placements have been facilitated with more opportunities available for universities and their researchers, (undergraduate to post-graduate).
PROVIDER SPOTLIGHT My Social Innovation was one of the first providers to receive a Project Oracle researcher My Social Innovation helps young people to set up their own social enterprises. It provides training programmes where young people learn essential personal and business development skills. Participants create and own enterprises that deliver economic and social value for the long term
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Sharing capacity and resource between academic and delivery organisations is a crucial step towards improving outcomes for young people. I’m proud to have been part of a project working to achieve that goal. HANNAH BILLINGTON Researcher
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WHAT WE DO
Evidence champion seminar series Working with commissioners is a crucial part of Project Oracle’s aim to create an evidence “eco-system”. We want commissioners to be able to draw on a really strong evidence base, so that they can make informed decisions, and we want commissioners to know what they are looking for in an evaluation so that they reward the organisations who deserve it most. The Evidence Champions Seminar Series was designed to help commissioners do just that. It provides an opportunity for a selected cohort of statutory and non-statutory commissioners to learn from experts about evaluation and evidence, including how and why they are so important in the decision-making process. The aim of the series is to encourage the exchange of skills and knowledge by providing a space for commissioners to understand, reflect and discuss issues related to evaluation with academics, experts and colleagues.
Seminars include a mix of theoretical and practical inputs to help inform and guide commissioner’s decision-making. Our first seminar series included sessions led by academic experts and experienced practitioners from universities including UCL, Cambridge, London Metropolitan and the Institute of Education, and included sessions on the philosophy of evaluation, models of evaluation, (including Small Scale Evaluations, RCTs and Realist Evaluation), implementation issues in evaluation, and the criteria for good evaluation. The 2013 inaugural class of “Evidence Champions” consisted of 16 commissioners from multiple Local Authorities, Greater London Authority, Transport for London, Metropolitan Police, Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime and the Youth Justice Board.
London Metropolitan University hosted a Project Oracle event in January 2013 to consider progress since the launch in September 2012 and to map out how to move forward. Participants engaged in lively discussions on the key themes of capacity, culture and incentives.
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The question ‘Will it work?’ is crucial to ensuring that limited public funds are wisely invested. The Seminar Series has given me the tools to recognise and reward those programmes and interventions which can demonstrate effective delivery and concrete impact. GRAHAM DALY Evidence Champion and Head of Community Safety and Policing Partnerships, Transport for London
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WHAT WE DO
Evidence Competitions We know that many youth organisations struggle with limited budgets and may not be sure that investing in producing evidence will be worth the effort. The results could turn out to be disappointing, but even if the evaluation does produce good results there is no certainty that funders will be persuaded to increase their support of the project as a result. As such, organisations face a dilemma: whether to invest in robust monitoring and evaluation — when the results will be uncertain — or use the same resources to deliver services. Project Oracle believes that good evaluation is valuable regardless of what it reveals.
Our Evidence Competitions are designed to recognise that, and encourage organisations to commit to evaluate their projects. The competition gives organisations the chance of winning cash prizes to support improved monitoring and evaluation efforts, and equally importantly, gives them the opportunity to be held up as good examples of evidence generation, regardless of what the evidence shows. The first competitions were held this year with over 54 applicants across the three categories.
PROVIDER SPOTLIGHT StreetChance has achieved level 1 validation in line with the Project Oracle Standards of Evidence Launched in 2008, StreetChance, supported by Barclays Spaces for Sports, uses cricket to engage young people aged 8 to 24 in inner-city areas affected by youth crime and anti-social behaviour and lacking in cricket provision. Delivering free coaching all year round, StreetChance brings young people from different backgrounds together, teaching practical life skills and knowledge through training, volunteering and employment.
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YJB sponsored an evidence competition because we believe good evaluation benefits everyone: It tells us what works, what doesn’t and why, how to maximise our impact and how to make the best use of limited resources. NAT DEFRIEND Head of Effective Practice, Youth Justice Board
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WHAT WE DO
Training and validation Sharing learning and best practice in youth programmes in London is a critical aspect of Project Oracle’s ambition. In order to do that we are committed to building evaluation capacity among children and youth providers in London to enable them to demonstrate impact while contributing to the evidence base. The training support package is an important means to that end. Project Oracle offers children and youth providers evaluation training to help organisations improve their understanding of various stages of the evaluation process. Training sessions focus on developing a theory of change, designing an evaluation plan and training in advanced methodologies and designs as well as bespoke trainings to meet individual provider needs.
The aim is for providers to progress through the increasingly rigorous evaluation framework of the “Standards of Evidence”. This begins with building a logic model or Theory of Change (level 1) and culminates in demonstrating direct impact through methods such as comparison groups, randomised control trials (RCTs), longitudinal research studies (tracking participants) and replication evaluations (level 5). Over the last 12 months our evaluation training has already been delivered to over 120 individuals across London, enabling them to apply evaluations to their children and youth programmes, and contributing substantially to the production of a better evidence base for this sector.
PROVIDER SPOTLIGHT KORI took part in the Project Oracle Evidence Competition
EMMA MARSHALL
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KORI is a charity formed by cultural, arts and education practitioners in the London Borough of Haringey. It uses a programme of arts, sports, academic support, mentoring, cultural and environmental education to develop and enhance the potential, skills and talent of children and young people.
The training helped us to think strategically and realistically about what to measure and how to measure it, in order to demonstrate the positive impact of our work delivering first aid skills to young people. CHARLOTTE NEARY-BREMER CEO, Street Doctors annual report  Project Oracle  13
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Synthesis of evidence We believe that evidence is hugely valuable. However, we also know that evidence can be inaccessible for on-the-ground delivery organisations and we think that for evidence to be truly significant it needs be put into practice. People on the ground are at the absolute heart of making evidence useful; without youth workers and project managers learning from evaluations and embedding their learning into their programmes, evidence risks becoming merely an academic exercise. In order for evidence to be put into practice it needs to be available to the right people at the right time. At Project Oracle we do this through knowledge sharing events which share learning from rigorous academic evaluations and evidence in a way that is accessible and relevant to the people who need it most. We do this by bringing stakeholders together and providing delivery organisations, commissioners and funders with an effective central point of reference. A vital part of this is
our Standards of Evidence; a framework that describes what constitutes “good evidence” and this good evidence is then shared through multiple outlets including knowledge sharing events. All our activities with providers, researchers, funders, commissioners and academics feed in to the synthesis of evidence, improving the processes by which evidence is gathered, assessed and used in improving provision. All evidence and evaluations submitted also contribute to our synthesis studies which in turn help inform commissioners funding decisions. In order to make sure that our knowledge sharing events are truly relevant we tailor them around the specific sectors that our providers work in. This year we have run four specialist events for children and youth providers in the sports, mentoring, arts and gangs sectors addressing evidence bases and intermediate outcomes in those areas.
PROVIDER SPOTLIGHT St Giles Trust has achieved level 1 validation in line with the Project Oracle Standards of Evidence The St Giles Trust SOS project offers intensive support to persistent and prolific young offenders to help them break free from crime — particularly gang-related crime. It works with young people both in prison and in the community, offering a tailored package of support for each individual
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To have real impact, evidence needs to be accessible and practical. By creating an Evidence Hub, Project Oracle is making evidence relevant and available to the people who need it. STEPHEN BEDIAKO Assistant Programme Director, Project Oracle
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BY THE NUMBERS…
150 22 16 54 120
Engaged Providers
Research Placements Evidence Champions Evidence Competition Entrants
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Trained Providers
Impact of Project Oracle As a consortium that promotes the creation and use of evidence it is important that we practise what we preach and track our own impact in line with Project Oracle’s goal: to increase the creation and use of evidence by organisations that aim to improve the life chances of London’s young people. Much of this year has been spent delivering and monitoring the project’s initial outputs. Our next step will be to identify good proxies for our ultimate goal as well as measures of the intermediate outcomes that are the stepping stones to achieving it. This will include tracking the impact of our services on the volume, quality, and use of evidence in the sector. In addition, Project Oracle is currently being independently evaluated by the Institute for Employment Studies and we have some indicators of the difference we are making. We are creating baseline measures of: 1) the current use of evidence, through the synthesis study that will report on the evidence that has recently been created in the sector; and 2) the evaluation capabilities of Project Oracle members, through the self-assessments of their current level of evidence. We are also seeking to track the impact of Project Oracle on the evaluation capabilities of
organisations, the incentives to produce good evidence, and stimulating an evidence-based culture. Our influence on the capabilities of organisations to create evidence is reflected in the positive evaluations of our training programme and the number of research placements that have been set up. The role of Project Oracle in providing an incentive to produce good evidence is seen in the high number of applications to the Evidence Competition and the positive reviews of the Evidence Champions, who will influence the demand for good evidence from government agencies. Finally, the impact of Project Oracle on the culture of the sector is seen in the number of Project Oracle members and the interest in the initiative shown at September’s launch and our mid-year event in January. Evaluating Project Oracle and understanding what has been useful, what has not, and why, will inform our delivery and development of Project Oracle over the next few years. We will refine our services in line with our findings in order to best help our users understand, access, develop and use evidence — so that it is constantly relevant for youth organisations, academics and commissioners.
The independent evaluation of Project Oracle is sponsored by Lively discussion at a Project Oracle event hosted by London Metropolitan University in January. Discussions on how the Project could move forward took the format of “World Café conversations”, which aim to engage people and ideas through an innovative conversational method. The dialogues focused on the key themes of: capacity, culture and incentive. These themes allowed participants to explore how to improve involvement in Project Oracle, and accordingly to increase engagement with the broader evidence-based agenda.
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Evidence Competition entrants THE ARCHWAY PROJECT provides a range of accredited activities and courses for disadvantaged and disabled young people aged 11-19. Activities include photography, cookery, motorcycle and car mechanics, off-road motorcycling, banger racing, film making and IT.
CALIBREMINDS is a social enterprise based in East London. It runs bespoke workshops and activities for young people aged eight to 30 who are at risk, disadvantaged or disengaged from the community or society. It aims to increase the quality of life through engagement, guidance and inspiration
AMPERSAND LEARNING is an innovative organisation supporting parents, children and schools by providing lively, informative and fun workshops, classes and training sessions in order to build parents’ and children’s confidence, understanding and relationships.
CAPITAL CONFLICT MANAGEMENT uses trained conflict engagement specialists to work with those involved in serious physical violence to reduce the risk of reprisals and retaliation. It focuses on engaging young people involved in gang activity, advising parents, safeguarding children and improving community safety.
BEATBULLYING is an international bullying prevention charity working and campaigning to make bullying unacceptable. It trains young people to become mentors to other children in school and online. Specialist advisers and counsellors provide expert advice and counselling support in real time via a website. BRIGHTER STEPPINGS is a social enterprise that equips young people aged 10–16 with “soft skills”, including self-confidence, team work and communication, to improve their employability. Its ‘Life@School Book’ project aims to ease the transition for students moving from primary to secondary school.
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CATCH 22 works with people in tough situations to help them steer clear of crime or substance misuse, gain new skills and confidence, live independently and play a full part in their community. CHANCE UK aims to improve children’s lives through early intervention, by offering mentoring programmes for 5–11-year-olds with behavioural difficulties who are at risk of developing anti-social or criminal offending behaviour later in life. CVQO offers vocational training to uniformed cadets and young people from other youth organisations. The training leads to accredited qualifications designed to improve their prospects in education and work and is offered outside of school.
DANCE UNITED is an award-winning UK charity which uses dance training and performance of the highest quality to unlock the potential of young people who are gang-involved, who have dropped out of education or, more recently, young women at risk of sexual exploitation.
KHULISA delivers powerful behaviourchange programmes that address violence and the crime cycle, through fostering empathy, self-awareness and aspiration in our participants; sowing the seeds for larger-scale community regeneration.
FAMILY ACTION WALTHAM FOREST provides services to disadvantaged and socially isolated families. Its Safer Children Project works in four primary schools in Waltham Forest, educating children about the risks of gang crime. Project workers support children from nine to 11 who might be at risk of being a victim, or perpetrator, of gang crime.
KORI aims to develop and enhance the potential, skills and talent of children and youth, through proactive youth work and an inspiring programme of arts, sports, academic support, mentoring, cultural and environmental education.
GREENHOUSE CHARITY empowers young people in London’s most disadvantaged communities to realise their potential through high quality and intensive sport and performing arts programmes delivered by inspirational coaches. HOPE UK is a national drug and alcohol education charity for children and young people. It trains volunteers to become drug educators in their own communities and to equip them with knowledge, skills and ideas that enable them to work in schools and with youth groups, parents and youth workers. INDIVIDIO MEDIA LIMITED is a London-based, not-for-profit organisation that provides professional video and media support, training and services for education, youth and social value projects. It uses media, music, and graphics to produce positive creative and learning outcomes in any context. KEEPOUT is the first crime diversion scheme using dedicated teams of serving prisoners to deliver intervention programmes that inform and support those aged 13–17 who are either at risk of entering the criminal justice system or are already involved in criminal activity.
LEAP specialises in youth conflict resolution, working in deprived urban areas with vulnerable young people to enable them to understand the causes and consequences of conflict, and to equip them with the tools and life skills to manage conflict effectively. LEWISHAM’S YOUTH OFFENDING SERVICE works with the community, local police and schools to help keep young people aged 10-17 who have committed offences out of trouble. It works with their families and others affected by their crimes to hold them to account and prevent further offending. LIME delivers projects that tackle the social issues negatively affecting UK communities by addressing the attitudes and behaviour of young people. It delivers tailored projects designed to meet the specific needs of the communities and young people they work with. LIVERPOOL YOUTH OFFENDING SERVICE is a statutory multi-agency partnership including the police, social services, education, probation and health providers amongst others. They work with young people aged 10–17 years to reduce the likelihood of them offending and reoffending. MENTOR works to protect children from harm caused by alcohol and drugs by championing evidence-based research that can be translated into effective programmes for use in schools, communities and homes, protecting and inspiring children to make the most of their lives. Protecting children from alcohol and drugs
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OPERATION MAKEPEACE (Met Police) is aimed at young people aged 11–19 highlighting the issues around gun and knife crime and gang culture/affiliation. It aims to deter young people from carrying guns and knives and to increase their understanding about the consequences of carrying weapons.
PRINCIPLES IN FINANCE is an independent voluntary organisation with a mission to improve communities’ understanding of how money works, demonstrate the true impact of debt and provide a financial educational service to enable individuals to manage their money.
PROJECT DAEDALUS , a multi-disciplinary project which involves The Mayor’s Office of Policing and Crime, The Greater London Authority, the Ministry of Justice, the Youth Justice Service, the Prison Service and Youth Offending Teams in London, places young offenders within the Heron Unit in Feltham Young Offenders Institution and helps prepare them for effective release and positive reintegration into the community.
RESTORATIVE THINKING brings together leaders in the fields of restorative justice and criminal justice to provide services to prisons, YOIs and probation trusts, including two restorative justice programmes, staff training, consultation and evaluation.
MY SOCIAL INNOVATION creates youth-led social enterprises. MySI works alongside young people from disadvantaged circumstances and enables them to learn skills for and develop sustainable business models for enterprises that they own and that have economic and civic value at their heart. NEWCASTLE YOT has a strong commitment to practice-based evidence and has developed a range of services that offer solutions to current youth justice issues and improve the life chances of marginalised young people and families in a local contemporary context. ONLY CONNECT is a crime prevention charity providing training, support and creative opportunities to help prisoners, ex-offenders and at-risk young people realise their own value. PARTNERS OF PRISONERS (POPS) provides information and support to the families of offenders from their earliest contact with the criminal justice system, through to release and beyond using a ‘user-led’ approach to service delivery and development.
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SOUTHBANK MOSAICS is a team of street artists working to make public spaces in London more attractive and provide a creative outlet for young people in trouble with the police. Young people engaged with the project are able to design and make durable art works as well as gain qualifications. THE SCHOOL AND FAMILY WORKS aims to transform the lives of children with emotional or behavioural issues which prevent them from connecting effectively with their families and schools. Specialist therapists work with families and professionals, giving them skills and confidence to help the children face up to their challenges and achieve lasting change. SOUTHAMPTON YOS runs Kri-8 Art, a programme which seeks to re-engage socially excluded and disadvantaged young people with education, training and employment. Through developing creative skills and using a wide range of media, the young people work towards a nationally recognised qualification. SAFER LONDON FOUNDATION develops and delivers projects, campaigns and engagement activities to empower young people to make positive changes to their lives. Its work involves supporting young people and ranges from early invention and prevention to diversion and rehabilitation.
SPARK INSIDE addresses the issue of persistent youth re-offending by offering life coaching to 15–18 year-olds transitioning out of custody, supporting them into employment, education or training and away from re-offending.
TIME FOR FAMILIES runs courses for young men in prison and for their parents in order to improve their relationship. The programme has shown itself to be effective with parents commenting that “they’ve got their son back”.
SOUTHWARK YOUTH OFFENDING TEAM delivers its work in a demanding environment in which many young people have complex and diverse needs. The service aims to engage with many “hard to reach” children and young people to ensure that positive outcomes are achieved from court sentences and young people are less likely to reoffend.
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR FOUNDATION offers a wide range of projects covering the key social issues including community development, healthy lifestyles, education, equalities and inclusion and sports development.
ST GILES TRUST offers intensive support to persistent and prolific young offenders helping them break free from crime by offering a tailored package of support, including an ex-offender mentor, to help them realise alternative aspirations away from a life of crime. STREETDOCTORS educates and empowers high-risk young people with the skills to deliver life-saving first aid at the scene of a stabbing or collapse. They teach young offenders the immediate management of traumatic injuries, giving them skills and confidence in pre-hospital care as well as facilitating a change in their attitude towards violence. STREET LEAGUE uses a structured programme, which combines football and education, to help the most disadvantaged 16 to 25-year-olds develop crucial employability and life skills. The eight-week programme includes practice interviews and CV-writing sessions and earns the young people several nationally recognised qualifications.
USER VOICE engages with hard to reach young people through youth advisory groups and user consultation models, providing young people an opportunity to voice collective issues and solutions. It delivers accredited peer mentoring and peer support on a range of projects including mental health, substance misuse and child sexual exploitation prevention. WESAYWEPAY helps anyone organising a community activity or proposing an idea to raise funds and build credible support for a specific purpose. It’s a quick, transparent and secure way to energize the efforts of organisers, and turn ideas and initiatives into concrete action. WORKING WITH MEN is an award-winning charity supporting positive male activity, engagement and involvement through solution based approaches to tackling conflict and knife related incidents. They have also begun working with women’s groups on safer relationships, conflict and mediation.
THE CRICKET FOUNDATION (STREET CHANCE) uses free, all-yearround cricket coaching to engage young people aged eight to 24 in inner-city areas affected by youth crime and anti-social behaviour. It brings young people from different backgrounds together, teaching practical life skills and knowledge through training, volunteering and employment.
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PROJECT ORACLE PROVIDER MEMBERS 198 Contemporary Arts and Learning: Action for Reaction A Game of 2 Halves: R Squared Services for Young People Action for Children: Phoenix Project Ambition UK Ampersand Learning: Easy to Read AOPM Arc Theatre: Girls Have Their Say Archway Project: Archway Project Working with Young People Army Cadet Force ART AGAINST KNIVES Beat Bullying: CyberMentors Belong London: Mentoring Project Bexley Voluntary Services Council Boys Clubhouse Brathay Hall Trust Brathay Trust London: OSIRIS Brighter Steppings: Life @ School Publication Bubble and Brit: 10-13s Transition Project Building Bridges: Time for Families Calibre Minds: Preparation for Life Capital Conflict Management Carers Of Barking & Dagenham: Barking & Dagenham Young Carers and Thurrock Young Carers Catalyst Gateway Catch 22: Community Space Challenge Centre for Mental Health Chance UK Coin Street Conflict and Change: Not a Beef Ting Creative Transitions form NEET to EET: Rinova Limited Cricket for Change Cricket Foundation: Street Chance Cripplegate Foundation CVQO: Reaching out to underachieving young people in Greater London Dance United Dreamarts Ealing Council Ealing Gov Eastside Young Leaders’ Academy Family Action: Safer Children Project Feltham 500 Project GLA: Project Daedalus GraydIn: Transforming Education with Coaching Greenhouse Charity Hackney Gov Haringey Gov Haringey Youth Offending Service Hillingdon Gov
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HM YOI Feltham: GetOnSide HMYOI Feltham: Football Changes Lives Hope UK: Drugs, Sex & U Course Improving Prospects: Leap Confronting Conflict Individio Ltd: The K.Dot Anti-Knife Crime Project Irie dance theatre Islington Council John Lyons Trust — SOS Keep Out Crime Diversion Scheme Khulisa: Silence the Violence Kinetic Youth KORI Leap Confronting Conflict: Identity Prejudice & Belonging Lewisham Council: Lewisham Safer Partnership work on tackling serious youth violence Lewisham YOT: Double Edge — Weapons Awareness Programme Lewisham Youth Offending Service Life in London Liverpool YOS LKMCO London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough of Merton Local Authority: Youth Transformation London Fire Brigade London Youth MAC-UK: Music & Change Mentor: Street Talk Met Police: Decisions and Consequences MET Police: Growing against Gangs Violence Met Police: HEART Met Police: JEPP Met Police: Operation Makepeace Met Police: Volunteer Police Cadets METBPA: Horizons METBPA: VOYAGE METBPA: Young Leaders for Safer Cities (YLfSC) My Social Innovation: MySi Evaluation Nacro Housing Association National Children’s Bureau Newcastle Nigerian British Alliance on Mentorship: Mentorship Assurance Scheme Off Centre: The Right Track One Housing Group Only Connect: OC IMPACT Paddington Arts Pan Intercultural Arts Parent Support Group (South East) POPS (Manchester)
Premier League: Kickz Principles in Finance: Young Minds Finance Innovation Lab Pro Bono Economics PSI Redbridge Council Redthread Youth Limited Restorative Thinking Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Run Fun Starz Safer London Foundation: Aspire Safer London Foundation: Empower Safer London Foundation: Safe and Secure Safer London Foundation: Youth Panels Save the Children: FAST South Hampton Southbank Mosaics: SBM Community Mosaics Project Southwark YOT Spark Inside St Giles Trust: SOS Project Stolen Lives Street Doctors Street League: Street Football and Academies Tender: Tender Education and Arts TFL: Childrens’ Traffic Club TFL: Safety and Citizenship (Post-Transition) The Boxing Academy: An Alternative to Exclusion The Complete Works ltd: The Gang*Star Project The Prince’s Trust The School and Family Works Transgenerational Change Limited: The SWIFT Family Groups project The Trinity Centre The Winch Theatre Peckham Tottenham Hotspur Foundation: EI8TEEN Urban Hope Uservoice Wandsworth Council WeSayWePay: WeSayWePay Youth Projects Westminster Council Working Links: Moving On Working With Men: UNCUT XLP YES CHC Youth Justice Board Young Hackney: 2MORO Youth Sports Trust
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