Meeting us where we’re at
Our evaluation of three projects developed by MAC-UK, working with excluded young people
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Missed opportunities
We reviewed recent evidence about children’s mental health, and found that children wait on average 10 years before receiving help.
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Youth justice
Children who end up in custody have multiple needs, many of which go unrecognised and unmet. We’ve developed a new approach to fix this.
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Young adults (18-24) in transition, mental health and criminal justice
Many of the services that work with young people either end or begin at age 18, leaving them without effective support. But there are examples of services that are helping young adults through this difficult transition.
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A need to belong
What leads girls to join gangs? Girls with links to gangs are, on average, three times more vulnerable than most other children in the Youth Justice system, according to this report
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You just get on and do it
This paper shows the results of our study of healthcare provision in YOTs in England.
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Childhood mental health and life chances in post-war Britain
Mental health problems in children and teenagers have a significant impact on their chances of success in employment and later life generally.
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