Posted by NAYJ on Jan 16, 2020

EVENT!

NAYJ Seminar!

Child first youth justice: rhetoric or reality?

Date: POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Time: 2-5pm

Location: London - Hodge, Jones and Allen solicitors, 180 North Gower Street, London NW1 2NB

TO BOOK: NAYJ SEMINAR, 12 MAY

The seminar is free for members, £30 for for non-members.

Posted by NAYJ on Feb 18, 2019

NAYJ, AGM and Seminar, Tuesday 14th May 2019 (London)

Date for your diary

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AND SEMINAR
‘Youth Justice in context’

14th May 2019

Kindly hosted by

Hodge Jones & Allen Solicitors
180 North Gower Street, London NW1 2NB

To include:
12 noon – 1.30 pm AGM of the National Association for Youth Justice.

2 pm – 4.30pm Annual Seminar with guest speakers.
-Nicky Hill – Interim CEO of Street Doctors and Criminal Justice & Youth Violence Reduction Consultant.
-Dr. Jenny Lloyd – Research Fellow, University of Bedfordshire.
-Dez Holmes – Director of Research in Practice.

This event is free to NAYJ members; non-members may reserve a place at the seminar at a cost of £60 to include a drinks reception following the Seminar at 5.00pm.

See http://www.thenayj.org.uk/join-us/ for membership details or contact NAYJ Secretary on divsplat1@aol.com.

Bookings can be made through Eventbrite at https://bit.ly/2XUaMem

Posted by NAYJ on Jan 29, 2018

AGM and Seminar 2018 - Tuesday 15 May 2018 - Youth justice: future directions

NAYJ is delighted to welcome excellent speakers to this event:

-Louise Haigh MP, Shadow Minister for Policing, will join us as one of the speakers at our annual seminar.
-Sir James Munby, President of the Family Division at the Royal Courts of Justice
-Anna Christina Jones, Greater Manchester Youth Justice University Partnership
-Joanne Cecil, Garden Court Chambers

We are grateful to Garden Court Chambers for hosting this important event. The AGM (members only) starts at 12 noon. The seminar will run from 2pm to 5pm, followed by a drinks reception. Places are free to NAYJ members and there will be places available to non-members at a cost of £40 per person.

As in previous years, we are pleased to confirm that the event will be FREE for members, with excellent speakers relevant to your field of work.

NAYJ Seminar Only Agenda 2018
Application form
Notice of Motion form
Trustee application form

Posted by NAYJ on Feb 27, 2017

AGM and Seminar 2017: The State of Youth Custody

In this section, please find information relating to our 2017 AGM, to be held on 10th May at Doughty Street Chambers, London.

NAYJ is delighted that John Drew, former Chief Executive of the Youth Justice Board, will join us as one of the speakers at our annual seminar*. We are also grateful to Doughty Street Chambers for hosting this important event. The AGM (members only) starts at 1pm. The seminar will run from 2pm to 5pm, followed by a drinks reception. Places are free to NAYJ members and there will be limited number of places available to non-members at a cost of £60 per person, to register your interest please e mail info@thenayj.org.uk

*Please note, that due to the pre-general election period (purdah), Charlie Taylor is no longer able to speak at this event. We are instead delighted to welcome John Drew, former Chief Executive of the Youth Justice Board.

As in previous years, we are pleased to confirm that the event will be FREE for members, with excellent speakers relevant to your field of work.

• John Drew (Chair, Youth Justice Board)
• Heidi Hales Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist, Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust, based at HMYOI Cookham Wood)
• Carolyne Willow (Director, Article 39) and Thirza Smith (Manager, Clayfields House)
• Caoilfhionn Gallagher QC (Doughty Street Chambers)

AGM Start time: 1pm
Seminar start time: 2pm
Event close: 5pm
Drinks reception: from 5pm

Below are documents for you to download, complete and send to us here at info@thenayj.org.uk

Application form (members)
Application form (non-members)
Notice of motion form
Trustee application form

Posted by NAYJ on May 17, 2016

NAYJ AGM

When: Wednesday 17th May 2016

Where: 54 Doughty Street, Doughty Street Chambers, London WC1N 2LS.

There's a great line up of speakers, including Charlie Taylor, who is undertaking the current review of youth justice on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.

We look forward to see you there!

Posted by NAYJ on Oct 13, 2015

Event: The costs of youth justice

When: Wednesday 14th October, 9.30-4.30pm

Where: The John Foster Building, 80-98 Mount Pleasant, Liverpool, L3 5UZ

https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/contact-us/find-us/directions-jlad-and-im/john-foster-buildingg

We look forward to see you there!

Posted by NAYJ on Dec 1, 2014

Response for Secure College Rules

Response to the consultation on the plans for Secure College Rules

The National Association for Youth Justice is a membership organization that campaigns for the rights of and justice for children in trouble with the law.

The NAYJ does not believe that Secure Colleges are the solution to the high re-offending rates of children in custody. The binary measure of reconviction used by Government has remained generally constant for over a decade. Given the welcome decrease in the number of children entering the system, and subsequently of those going into custody, it is unsurprising that we are left with a group of children with multiple problems and vulnerabilities who are frequently entrenched in their offending behavior patterns.

To expect any custodial institution, however good the education provision may be, to address this within the average 80 day sentence is unrealistic. NAYJ recognises absolutely the importance of education in helping children to change and progress. But given that currently we have no idea of either the content or quality of educational provision likely to be in place in a Secure College, it may be better to look at what evidence there is about educating troubled children. We would draw attention to a recent report by the Secure Accommodation Network (SAN) which shows that educational outcomes for children placed in SCHs are not only better than those achieved by other forms of custodial institution but also exceed those for children educated in PRUs and similar alternative education provision. We would also point to evidence from other institutions that achieve better educational outcomes such as the Ian Mikardo School in East London. This school takes children with a long history of behavioural problems, many of whom are in the criminal justice system. The school does not use punishments or physical force yet has been graded as ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted for the last three years; 97% of the children go into further education, training or employment and none has received a custodial sentence in the last 7 years.

The Government has expressed concern about Secure Colleges being described as ‘child prisons’. However, it is difficult to see how the College differs from a traditional YOI. The proposed buildings are remarkably similar to previous plans for a YOI to be built on the same site and the proposed regime bears all the hallmarks of a traditional YOI approach.

We note with particular concern that the draft Secure College Rules provide for the use of adjudications and permit the use of force for ‘Good Order and Discipline’. Such an approach is entirely inconsistent with the College’s educational aims. Moreover, the recent update report from the Independent Restraint Advisory Board expresses serious concerns about the risk to children from some of the techniques allowed under the draft Rules. The NAYJ regards it as wholly unacceptable that force should be used other than to prevent harm. Recent legal opinion sought by the Children’s Rights Alliance for England (CRAE) casts serious doubt on the legality of such use of force which it also says is not permissible under the European Convention on Human Rights.

It is a fact that any intensive services likely to have a real impact on the outcomes for troubled children – mental health, residential and foster care or therapeutic interventions – are costly, and the UK is not an outlier when comparing the cost of such services with other industrialised countries.
At a time of constrained finances for everyone, we would contend that funding the construction of a new custodial facility for children would be an expensive experiment with no evidence that the outcomes will be improved – indeed all the evidence suggests that placing children in large establishments, miles away from their home community will not work.

For any queries about this response please e mail: info@thenayj.org or telephone 07957 575480.

1. ‘Achieving outcomes and value for money’ Secure Accommodation Network 2014 http://www.securechildrenshomes.org.uk/news-2/
2. IRAP report into the implementation of MMPR. Ministry of Justice. October 2014 https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/independent-restraint-advisory-panel-reports-on-mmpr
3. Briefing on the lawfulness of the use of force provisions in the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill. Children’s Rights Alliance for England. 2014 http://www.crae.org.uk/media/74116/Briefing-on-CRAE-Legal-Advice.pdf

Posted by NAYJ on Nov 25, 2014

YOUTH JUSTICE TRAINING SEMINAR

Download forms below:
Application Form
Email text applicants
Flyer plus programme 8th December

YOUTH JUSTICE TRAINING SEMINAR
Hosted by Liverpool John Moores University
Presents a one day training seminar.
When? 8th December 2014
The day will comprise a mixture of plenary sessions and workshops with opportunities for delegates to participate.
Participants are anticipated from agencies across the North West and neighbouring regions involved in the youth justice system and students from relevant courses at the hosting University. It will look at contemporary practice and policy issues and debates in youth justice
More details will be circulated shortly and will be available from the NAYJ website
www.thenayj.org.uk
NAYJ members £15
Non members £20
(includes lunch and refreshments)
There are a limited number of concessions for non – waged people.

Please contact info@thenayj.org.uk

Posted by NAYJ on Nov 21, 2014

Yorkshire Association for Youth Justice seminar

Please find attached the flyer for Yorkshire Association for Youth Justice seminar on 15th December at Oxford Place Leeds
If you require a place please contact me as soon as possible (link to the venue below)

It will be presented by
Sean Creaney,
Senior Lecturer in Applied Social Sciences, University Centre, Stockport
& NAYJ Trustee

On
‘The benefits of participation for
young offenders’

at
Oxford Place
Leeds
9.30 registration,
Finish at 12.30 pm.

Sean Creaney is a Senior Lecturer in Applied Social Sciences at the University Centre, Stockport College. Sean is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a PhD student at the School of Humanities and Social Science, Liverpool John Moores University. He is a Trustee of the National Association for Youth Justice and a member of the Editorial Advisory Board for the Safer Communities peer reviewed journal.

Link to venue http://www.oxfordplace.org.uk/location.html

Please complete the application form (click here to download) and send it to rita.hawley@sheffield.gov.uk to book a place.

Posted by NAYJ on Aug 5, 2014

2014 Events

We would like to thank all the speakers, workshop presenters and delegates who attended our two events held in April and June this year (2014). To see the report and access slides and other papers, please click below to download.

Ali Wigzell PowerPoint Presentation Click here to view
Ali Wigzell 'Who_works_rather_than_what_works' PowerPoint Presentation Click here to view
Dragons Den PowerPoint Presentation Click here to view
Sam King Supporting Desistance in Youth Justice PowerPoint Presentation Click here to view
Sue Bailey Slides Prof. PowerPoint Presentation Click here to view
Sue Bailey & John Bache Paper Click here to view
Tim Bateman PowerPoint Presentation Click here to view
Youth Graffiti Solutions PowerPoint Presentation Click here to view
Report on AGM and De Montfort Events Click here to view

Posted by NAYJ on May 7, 2014

YOUTH JUSTICE TRAINING SEMINAR

YOUTH JUSTICE TRAINING SEMINAR Hosted by De Montfort University, Leicester “Transforming youth justice?” June 24th 2014 For an non-student application form click here and for a student application form click here, a workshop application form please download by clicking here or for more details email info@thenayj.org.uk The day will comprise a mixture of plenary sessions and workshops with opportunities for delegates to participate. Dr. Tim Bateman (University of Bedfordshire) Professor Jo Phoenix (Leicester University) Gareth Jones (Association of YOT Managers), Rapporteur Workshop topics include: • Working with sex offenders • Transforming the youth court • Desistance • The use Non Violent Resistance as an intervention • Mental health services in youth justice • The use of the Rapid English approach • ‘Who works’ rather than ‘what works’ • Creating independence to reduce offending • Participation by young people in the system • Reparative activity with young people NAYJ members £15 Non members £20 (There are some concessions for non – waged people. Please contact info@thenayj.org.uk)