This project is exploring the impact of the YouthPrint model on developing the youth work sector and positive outcomes for young people across County Durham. Funded by NE Youth as part of the National Lottery grant, a collaboration between MCYS…
Young people across Greater Manchester took part in research exploring their views of, and experiences with, the police in areas categorised as crime ‘hot spots’. Their views will inform Greater Manchester Police’s strategy. 70 young people took part in three…
Funded by the Greater Manchester Violence Reduction Unit, the GM Navigators project offers young people support at point of arrest. MCYS are evaluating the success and learning of this pilot initiative. For more details contact Dr Deborah Jump d.jump@mmu.ac.uk
Over two thirds of children remanded to custody receive non-custodial sentences. The remand pilot explores whether pooling youth remand funding on a regional basis can enable and develop more robust community alternatives to secure remand for children. The evaluation supports…
Linguistic practices of coal mining communities in the post-industrial era: variation, documentation, representation, regeneration. This international project investigates coal mining language through a comparative exploration of coal mining areas and communities in the UK and Germany. The research also examines…
New MCYS member Dr Anne Marie Day is currently co-investigator on a major new project exploring racial disparities in diversion from the youth justice system (YJS). Children from minority ethnic backgrounds are overrepresented in the YJS. This is partly explained…
In early 2023, Dr Lucy Newby and Dr Paul Gray were commissioned by Manchester City Council to undertake a new research project exploring young people’s experiences of starting secondary school in Manchester. The research project aimed to explore the pressures…
“Taking inspiration from the Manchester Voices project, the one-year project explored the characteristics of Vietnamese English as spoken by inhabitants of Huế City, Vietnam, and used the findings to inform future classroom practice.” Dr John Bellamy,Project Co-investigator This year, two…
Ancient History, Contemporary Belonging is an arts-research collaboration across disciplines, sectors, and generations. It aims to critically and creatively explore the biographies of ancient objects housed in the Manchester Museum and how they can help us to navigate contemporary issues…
In 2023, MCYS partnered with the Greater Manchester Violence Reduction Unitto ensure children’s engagement in the development of its new 10-year strategy. Professor Hannah Smithson, Dr Fatima Khan and Kate Westwood worked with 70 young people across Greater Manchester to…