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The Contribution of Youth Work in a Custodial Environment

HMPYOI Polmont is Scotland’s national custodial provision for young people in custody aged 16-21 years.

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Top 5 Things we have learned in 10 Years of NKBL

This year marks 10 years since the then Scottish government Cabinet secretary for Justice Sectary, Kenny MacAskill, launched No Knives Better Lives (NKBL) in March 2009.

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The Plea Bargain

Guest blogger Martin shares his creative response to the recent knife crime surge in London.

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Positive Prevention - Are we There Yet?

The case for moving towards a preventative approach in relation to offending behaviour is something of a hot topic for policy makers and strategy writers right now.

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New Stock Images on Knife Crime Aim to Change Media Narrative Around Young People

A new collection of stock images on knife crime have been launched in an effort to reduce the use of graphic and sensationalised images in the media of young people.

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What is Positive |Prevent and What does it Mean for Community Safety?

We’re holding our first unconference on Friday 29 September in Glasgow to discuss youth work’s contribution to positive prevention and community safety.

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Resilience, Bouncing Back and Millennial 'Snowflakes'

The last decade has seen the theory of resilience gain increasing traction as a way of generally explaining why some young people fare better than others.

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What is an Unconference?

Each year, No Knives, Better Lives hosts two network events for partners to share best practice and shape the direction of the programme.

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Safe-T in The Park

On Sunday afternoon (31st May 2015) the crowds flocked to Eglinton Country Park in North Ayrshire to visit Safe-t In The Park – a multi agency safe summer event.

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NKBL 2017/18 Highlights

Like many of you reading, March is the year-end for NKBL. During this time, we take the opportunity to reflect on our work and celebrate the amazing work happening at local level. Today we’re sharing some of our highlights of 2017/18 with you.

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Scottish Sports Futures - Jump2IT Module

The National delivery team were approached by Scottish Sports Futures who were keen to work in partnership with ourselves to develop a resource covering the issues of the dangers and consequences of carrying a knife.

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The Research Perspective

There is no denying that knife carrying and knife crime is an issue that we face here in Scotland, the UK and elsewhere in the world. How do we try to address it?

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