Last week, we hosted a meeting for AYJ Members to meet Alan Webster, who joined the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) as the Head of the Youth Justice Policy Unit earlier this year. Alan is responsible for overseeing the youth justice system’s reform and delivery – from early intervention and diversionary activity through courts, sentencing, custody and resettlement policy.

Find out what we've been up to in the month of November!

At the AYJ, six principles for youth justice policy underpin our way of working. We have used these as a framework for our response to the Commission’s call for evidence which focuses on children in, or at risk of involvement in, the justice system. Thank you to all AYJ members who took the time to support our submission.

Earlier this year, it was announced that Anne Longfield will be leading the Commission on Young Lives, an independent review to examine and identify solutions to transform the outcomes of the most vulnerable children and young people who are at risk of violence and criminalisation, and AYJ has submitted to the Commissions ‘call for evidence’.