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Youth At Risk
Youth at Risk aims to increase the levels of personal responsibility of young inmates - in this way they will decrease the likelihood of recidivism.
Scenes from the recent Ballet Hoo! production, a collaboration between
Youth at Risk and Bimingham Royal Ballet (Birmingham Hippodrome, Sep 2006)
The intention is to design and deliver innovative social intervention programmes that bring about a lasting change to the way such young people live their lives.
The founders were disillusioned with seeing the same young offenders repeatedly passing through the criminal justice system, emerging unchanged and clearly destined for a future life destructive to themselves and others. Youth at Risk was launched in 1992, specifically designed for 30 teenagers from North London.
Now they work in schools, prisons and probation services, adolescent psychiatric units, the Government's New Deal scheme, the care system, the training of youth professionals and specific issue areas such as drug abuse and burglary reduction.
For example, 'Coaching for Release' is designed specifically for those in Young Offender Institutions. It aims to enable them to realise that they are responsible for the mistakes they have made and for their future actions. This improves their behaviour whilst in prison and increases their compliance with sentence plans, and helps on release to increase their utilisation of support mechanisms such as social, probation, employment and housing services.
The programme commences with an intensive and challenging 5-7 day residential course. At the end of the course participants set themselves three main life goals related to their commitment to change.
Back in their community the participants must implement change in their lives and avoid the old habits and mistakes. They are not alone. They continue to receive support by their one-to-one life coaches.
Youth at Risk aims to increase the levels of personal responsibility of young inmates - in this way they will decrease the likelihood of recidivism.
Scenes from the recent Ballet Hoo! production, a collaboration between
Youth at Risk and Bimingham Royal Ballet (Birmingham Hippodrome, Sep 2006)
The intention is to design and deliver innovative social intervention programmes that bring about a lasting change to the way such young people live their lives.
The founders were disillusioned with seeing the same young offenders repeatedly passing through the criminal justice system, emerging unchanged and clearly destined for a future life destructive to themselves and others. Youth at Risk was launched in 1992, specifically designed for 30 teenagers from North London.
Now they work in schools, prisons and probation services, adolescent psychiatric units, the Government's New Deal scheme, the care system, the training of youth professionals and specific issue areas such as drug abuse and burglary reduction.
For example, 'Coaching for Release' is designed specifically for those in Young Offender Institutions. It aims to enable them to realise that they are responsible for the mistakes they have made and for their future actions. This improves their behaviour whilst in prison and increases their compliance with sentence plans, and helps on release to increase their utilisation of support mechanisms such as social, probation, employment and housing services.
The programme commences with an intensive and challenging 5-7 day residential course. At the end of the course participants set themselves three main life goals related to their commitment to change.
Back in their community the participants must implement change in their lives and avoid the old habits and mistakes. They are not alone. They continue to receive support by their one-to-one life coaches.