"I'm Walking A Life"
"Whitney Spoken Word"
"Young People Performing A Song"
"Be good to be close to family and those supporting you"
"Intelligence is more than School smart"
"Young people aren't out of reach. Services are out of reach"
"I just tried to stay out of trouble, connect with family and friends and get early release"
"The word education isn't a great word"
"Young people need a second chance"
"If someone's got something to lose they will fight to keep it"
"Don't judge a book by its cover"
"Knowing your rights and entitlements means you feel more empowered"
"If I complain, I don't think anything will happen"
"The long term affect is massive, but the decision is based on the judges mood"
"Young people should be involved from the beginning"
Hundreds of policy makers, professionals and those working in youth justice convened in Leicester for this year's annual Youth Justice Convention – the most significant event in the sector's calendar. The two-day event run by the Youth Justice Board for England and Wales, was themed 'The...
Peer Power youth volunteers, Founder, Anne-Marie Douglas, Board members Gareth Jones and Marc Radley all attend Lankelly Chase Promoting Change Network (PCN) residential in Birmingham. Working together with many other organisations with commissioners, practitioners and service users, the group co-created sustainable ideas to support people...
We held the first Just Children roundtable event with professionals and service users in partnership with Just for Kids Law and Children's Rights Alliance for England. Chaired by Maggie Atkinson, and with youth justice experts around the table, all contributed to the debate around...
Peer Power Founder Anne-Marie Douglas was successful in gaining a coveted place on the 2015/16 School for Social Entrepreneurs (www.the-sse.org) Start Up Programme, a package of support for UK based social entrepreneurs supported by Lloyds Bank and the Big Lottery Fund. The programme provides both financial...
We are visiting a number of Youth Justice Services nationally including Essex, Wigan, Sefton, York, Leeds, Liverpool, and Clayfields Children's Home. We engaged practitioners and young people to gain their views about how to improve services in preparation for our Empathy Lab sessions at the...
Peer Power began work on the 'Just Children' project in collaboration with the Children's Rights Alliance for England and Just for Kids Law, supported by Lankelly Chase. The starting point for Just Children was that the youth justice system in England and Wales fails the most...