The AYJ has joined over 100 other organisations to support the #ChildrenAtTheTable campaign, calling on the next Government to make good childhoods a national priority and be a champion of all children, including those affected by crime and the justice system.

For our project exploring the experiences of young people transitioning into adulthood while in the justice system, we spoke to Sammy, founder of Wipers Youth CIC, about the organisation’s critical work with children and young people

As part of the Young Women’s Justice Project, Agenda Alliance and AYJ have published a new briefing paper spotlighting the severe mental health problems facing young women in our prisons.

The government has introduced the Sentencing Bill to Parliament. Here, we summarise proposals which will impact children in the youth justice system

The government has introduced the Criminal justice Bill to Parliament. We explain proposals which if passed into law will impact children in, or at risk of entering, the youth justice system

AYJ comment on HMI Prisons’ annual Children in Custody report and an inspection report on Werrington YOI, exposing deeply concerning conditions within the secure estate for children

At the end of October, the Young Advocates attended their first residential!

Find out what we’ve been up to in the month of September!

On 24th October we hosted our Quarterly Members’ Meeting, which featured a presentation from Alan Webster, Head of the Youth Justice Policy Unit at the Ministry of Justice.

In August, two of the Young Advocates attended a session, led by AYJ member the National Appropriate Adult Network (NAAN), to learn about appropriate adults, the training that NAAN provides to its members, and to share their experiences of police custody.

Find out what we’ve been up to in the month of August!

A new policy framework sets out that staff in the children’s secure estate are no longer permitted to use techniques to restrain children which deliberately cause pain.

Find out what we’ve been up to in the month of July!

Over 30 organisations working with & on behalf of children and young adults in criminal justice system have called on Youth Justice Minister Damian Hinds to act over the appalling treatment of children in the secure estate.

Find out what we’ve been up to in the month of June!

This symposium on the policing of children brought together AYJ members and wider stakeholders to identify good and bad practice, discuss failures in policy, legislation, regulation, and guidance, determine solutions and develop AYJ policy positions.

The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has published its Concluding Observations on the UK, setting out its concerns and recommendations regarding children’s rights

Find out what we’ve been up to in the month of May!

For the first in the AYJ’s podcast series focused around our policy priority of 'Reframing Violence', we speak with Luke Billingham and Adam Elliott to explore how society perceives children involved in serious violence, how and why this perception is shaped, and whether this perception is accurate.

In April 2023 we conducted a membership survey. The results from the survey are informing decisions about the way we run member events and engage with members in the future.