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Jon Yates

@jonyates.bsky.social
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Write on leadership, violence, community, education. Lead Youth Endowment Fund. Board Ofsted, Children’s Commissioner, UK Youth.

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Jon Yates @jonyates.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
I got up early to beat the heat. Not crazy fast but I won’t lie - am feeling knackered, hot and (yes) a little smug.
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Jon Yates @jonyates.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Date 3: 9th September 2024 👇 (6/6) #violenceisnotinevitable #YouthEndowmentFund
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Jon Yates @jonyates.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Date 2: 6th September 1976 👇 (5/6)
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Jon Yates @jonyates.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
... the chance chance to tell the story of three dates and how to fix knife crime. Date 1: 8th January 2019 👇 (4/6)
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Jon Yates @jonyates.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
a story of me being at an event with Idris last year, "I remember Idris being there," I said, "as I don't often meet movie stars. He won't remember me being there as he often meets gingers". Cue laughter and an unexpected heckle calling me cool. But what mattered more was ... (3/6)
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Jon Yates @jonyates.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
It all started because his charity was hosting at an event. They foolishly asked me to talk about halving knife crime. So, I led with a confession. I was never cool at school (come on, at least pretend you're shocked!) and finished with ... (2/6)
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Jon Yates @jonyates.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
This was the week I got called cool by Idris Elba. As a generally uncool chap (I mean, who says 'chap'?), this came as a bit of a shock. I think I may retire. How did it happen? Well ... (1/6)
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Jon Yates @jonyates.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Hadn’t read that piece before Gavin. Is excellent. Thanks for sharing.
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Jon Yates @jonyates.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
All of this is a reminder that violence is not inevitable. We can change things IF we follow the evidence of what works...
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Jon Yates @jonyates.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
At the heart of this was Jonathan Shepherd who designed the approach (the 'Cardiff Model'). Brilliant to see - especially as Jonathan is chair of YEF's Grants and Evaluation Committee.
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Jon Yates @jonyates.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
2. Cardiff has managed to significantly reduce violence in the night-time economy. How? Central to it has been using A&E data to work out where violence is happening and then getting the council and police to spot things they can change.
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Jon Yates @jonyates.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
GOOD NEWS: YEF is funding Focused Deterrence to happen here in the UK and funding a huge evaluation to test the impact.
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Jon Yates @jonyates.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
How do we reduce violence? Two articles in the Economist provide hope! 1. Violence almost halved in some parts of US over last year. Why? The Economist thinks targeted support & police focus on those most involved in group-based violence is the key, through a programme called Focused Deterrence.
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Jon Yates @jonyates.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Good day today. Great to see YEF’s call for change across Guardian, Telegraph, BBC, Independent, Evening Standard. Violence is not inevitable. www.theguardian.com/education/20...
theguardian.com
Schools in England and Wales urged to teach relationship violence prevention
Youth Endowment Fund says specialised lessons needed to tackle issues such as abuse, consent and coercion
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Jon Yates @jonyates.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Yep. I think (exclude vs don’t exclude) it’s a simpler and more exciting debate to join if we don’t have a lot of knowledge about schools. But is bonkers!
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Jon Yates @jonyates.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
100%. Managed moves, reduced timetables, turning a blind eye. There’s always a danger that if you press down on the right to exclude, the child is excluded anyway but without the need to provide Alternative Provision
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Prof Harry Sumnall @profhrs.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Great to see these bold youth violence prevention systems and policy recommendations. Those of us in the drugs field should be making similar calls for evidence-based prevention and population-level early intervention investment. Prevention work is not a 'nice to have', but a 'must have'.
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Jon Yates @jonyates.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
BUT the weird thing about this heated debate is that there is massive consensus that we should do more to support children pre exclusion and post exclusion. Amidst the heat, this light gets lost. I'd love us all to focus more there.
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Jon Yates @jonyates.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
At low levels due to i) the causal path from violence to exclusion, ii) the correlation between those likely to commit violence and those likely to be excluded.
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Jon Yates @jonyates.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
ii) indication of cause here: www.bi.team/blogs/do-sch...
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Do School Exclusions Increase Crime? | Blog | BIT
The Behavioural Insights Team investigates the question ‘Do School Exclusions Increase Crime’. Referring to research and reports conducted by BIT.
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Jon Yates @jonyates.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
b)causation is Unproven, Likely and At low levels. Unproven as RCT impossible and limited high quality studies. Likely as i) theory makes sense that a loss of school as a protective factor leads to more time available, on average less access to support and positive peers;
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Jon Yates @jonyates.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Hi Gavin, our view would be a) correlation is clearly true: therefore we should prioritise evidence-based support to children suspended and excluded (hence this recommendation) AND those at risk of being perm excluded,
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Jon Yates @jonyates.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Today, YEF publishes our "Education Policy, Children and Violence" report. 8 affordable, deliverable policy, inspection and regulation changes that will reduce violence. Full report here: youthendowmentfund.org.uk/reports/educ... Summary below 👇
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Education Policy, Children and Violence | Youth Endowment Fund
Our Education Policy, Children and Violence guidance, provides education policymakers across England and Wales with eight recommendations on how to prevent children’s involvement in violence. Recommen...
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Youth Endowment Fund @youthendowmentfund.org.uk · 22/04/2025
📍 Research shows that violence is concentrated in a small number of places. In England & Wales, 50% of violent crime happens in just 2% of locations - 'hotspots'. That’s why targeting resources where violence happens most makes sense. youthendowmentfund.org.uk/reports/key-... #KeyFactsAboutViolence
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Jon Yates @jonyates.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Part of the problem I think is how many data there are eg knife injury by under 18s according to A&E; arrests of all adults for knife related crime; homicides; crime survey of being a victim. The media (understandably) tend to gravitate to the press release that uses the most alarming one.
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Jon Yates @jonyates.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Hi Tristram, agreed. We’ve tried to help here on under 18s with two annual publications - an annual survey of 10k under 18s youthendowmentfund.org.uk/reports/chil... - an annual summary of public services and stats youthendowmentfund.org.uk/reports/beyo...
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Children, Violence and Vulnerability 2024 | Youth Endowment Fund
Children, Violence and Vulnerability 2024 reviews findings from 10,000 teenagers in England and Wales about their experiences of violence.
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Jon Yates @jonyates.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Tough decision by the Met, but I'm sympathetic. Money v tight, so prioritise most proven approaches. That means 1. More youth workers than police in schools. 2. More police officers in the places where children are most likely to be victims (normally not schools).
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Jon Yates @jonyates.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Early start. Off to SkyNews to talk about this heartbreaking story. We have to make sure any new investment in children’s services helps provide support to parents and children like this 👇 news.sky.com/story/parent...
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Parents of boy whose outbursts left them fearing for their lives say Adolescence 'touched a nerve'
"My worst fear is that he's going to end up killing one of us," says the mother of a teenage boy who was attacked so badly one time that she ended up in hospital. "If not us, then somebody else..."
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Jon Yates @jonyates.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Standing room only at Youthwork conference hosted by Youth Endowment Fund and National Youth Agency. Powerful start from the Minister for Young People, Muna and Prince from our Youth Advisory Board, and words from Leigh and I as CEOs of the two charities. All compered brilliantly by Ben Lindsay.
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Jon Yates @jonyates.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Won’t lie - that hurt! Trained for last 10 weeks to try it. Almost gave up half way round … … my fastest 5k yet 🏃‍♀️🍾
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Jon Yates @jonyates.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
📣 We've launched a podcast!! 📣 Want less violence? SAFE is the podcast for you. 🎙️ Episode 1: Ciaran Thapar talks with Carlene Firmin about how we can change social work to keep all our children safe. Listen and subscribe: youthendowmentfund.org.uk/safe-podcast/
youthendowmentfund.org.uk
Safe Podcast | Youth Endowment Fund
Safe is a podcast from YEF with conversations about preventing violence amongst children and young people. Listen now
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Jon Yates @jonyates.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Permission to steal this great cartoon? Entirely captures what’s wrong with most charities’ (and govn projects’) Theories of Change.
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Jon Yates @jonyates.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Ofsted has a new interim chair. He's a trained teacher, became a head, led schools in tough areas, his schools that are now THE BEST in the country for social mobility. Incidentally, he's a muslim. What bit do you think the Telegraph decided to focus on? Utterly disgraceful.
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Jon Yates @jonyates.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
A real pleasure to speak today at the @niesrorg.bsky.social . Super thoughtful group of people! Thanks so much for having me.
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Jon Yates @jonyates.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Should we ban pointed Kitchen Knives to reduce knife crime? Mad idea or genius idea? Should be an absolutely fascinating discussion. Happening online tomorrow at 1pm. Sign up here and come along: youthendowmentfund.org.uk/events/the-c...
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The case for banning sharp ended knives | Youth Endowment Fund
The government has brought new laws in banning ‘zombie’ knives. Some have suggested that we should go further and replace lethal pointed-tip kitchen knives with round-tip knives. It is clear that crim...
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Youth Endowment Fund @youthendowmentfund.org.uk · 10/03/2025
Could round-tip kitchen knives cut knife crime in half? 🤔 This will be our discussion point in tomorrow's webinar - 'The case for banning sharp ended knives'. Join @jonyates.bsky.social with experts Graham Farrell & Toby Davies who will present their research and arguments. 👉 buff.ly/9Oi8rQN
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Youth Endowment Fund @youthendowmentfund.org.uk · 05/03/2025
📢 We’re sharing a new report that offers practical guidance for organisations aiming to deliver effective and equitable Focused Deterrence strategies in England & Wales. The guidance is aimed at the delivery of FD to reduce serious violence involving children and young people. buff.ly/XmwZCTa
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Jon Yates @jonyates.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
What sort of people do our leaders think we are if they think that we need a jargon-filled excuse (“soft power”, “national interest”) to justify spending money on stopping people starving to death? (5/5)
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Jon Yates @jonyates.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
… I think they would like less people starving to death. Less starving to death is in the national interest, cos ‘we, the people’ like less people starving to death. (4/5)
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Jon Yates @jonyates.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
I’m sick of ppl arguing for international aid because it gives us influence and that’s in our national interest. The ‘national interest’ is a useful but made up phrase. It means “getting what we - the people - would like”. Having met quite a lot of ‘the people’ … (3/5)
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Jon Yates @jonyates.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
We shouldn’t fund international aid cos it gives us influence or soft power or any of that BS. We should do it because we’re not scumbags. (2/5)
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