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		<title>An Unlikely Saviour: Could the Leveson Review save Youth Justice?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Frances Howard]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 17:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Tyler Barnes explores why the Leveson Review offers the opportunity to promote diversion and restorative justice within Youth Justice.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Impact of Young People’s Participation on Local Government Decision-Making in England</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Emily Rainsford]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 15:07:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In this article Josh Harsant explores the conditions for impact of youth engagement.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The lasting impact of the pandemic on children and Child-first practice within a youth justice service</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Frances Howard]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2026 16:17:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Jayne Price and Dean Wilkinson explore the impacts of the pandemic on a youth justice service five years on. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Equitable Evaluation: Co-developing evaluation with young people in a community makerspace</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Frances Howard]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2026 16:31:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Jennifer DeWitt and colleagues explore how evaluation with young people can be more equitable through a community makerspace project. Working with Knowle West Media Centre, a team of Researchers and Practitioners extended the participatory aspects of their evaluation practice to support the agency of young people.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Nothing About Us Without Us – Embedding Youth Voice in Systems Change</title>
		<link>https://www.youthandpolicy.org/articles/youth-voice-in-systems-change/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Emily Rainsford]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2025 14:05:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In this article Quinn Stanger draws on learning from NE Youth’s regional delivery within the national Peer Action Collective (PAC) to argue for system inclusion of youth voice. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Youth Matters again: Initial reflections on the new national youth strategy for England</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tania de St Croix]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 11:46:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Alice Weavers reflects on the government's new youth strategy for England]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Realising the professional role of the youth participation worker</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam Muirhead]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2025 09:19:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In this article, Josh Harsant reflects on the professional role of a youth participation worker in the local government and organisational contexts, drawing on his recent doctoral research and lived and professional experience.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Beyond Evidence: Why Children’s Experiences of Custody Remain Unchanged</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Frances Howard]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2025 12:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Kelly Razey argues that despite more than a decade of reform initiatives and repeated calls for child-centred practice, the same problems continue to surface within young people's experiences of custody.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Moral Panic and Australia’s Under-16 Social Media Ban: A Critical Youth Work Perspective</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Naomi Thompson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2025 14:33:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[John Sutcliffe critiques Australia’s impending social media ban for under-16s.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Leveraging Sport for Social Cohesion and Youth Development: The Case for Community Fencing</title>
		<link>https://www.youthandpolicy.org/articles/community-fencing-and-youth-work/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Emily Rainsford]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2025 07:50:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In this article Rose Hellyar explores the role of community fencing in youth work. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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