In April 2023, Professor Hannah Smithson, Dr Lucy Newby, and Tom Lang (Manchester Youth Justice Services) re-launched the Participatory Youth Practice Framework. Originally co-created with justice-involved children between 2015-2017, the revised framework for youth participation takes into account current research…
MCYS was commissioned by HM Inspectorate of Probation to explore the implementation and delivery of Community Resolutions with young people in England and Wales. Context The use of out-of-court disposals (OOCDs) with young people who break the law is increasing.…
Supported by the European Commission’s Marie Sklodowska-Curie fellowship and jointly hosted by History Research Centre at Manchester Metropolitan. Dr Aida Fernández Prieto, sponsored and supported by Dr April Pudsey The project reconstructs personal experiences of poverty and socio-economic vulnerability at…
Collaborating with childrenand young people to re-imagine treescapes. Research summary August 2021 – July 2024 This project will develop new methods of engaging young people in designing, creating and caring for treescapes, including natural woodlands and urban parks. Researchers will…
The Youth Justice System’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic. The study, in partnership with the Alliance for Youth Justice (AYJ), aims to understand the unprecedented implications that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the youth justice system and the vulnerable…
This collaboration between the British Muslim Heritage Centre, the Manchester School of Art and MCYS harnesses social scientific and arts-based methodologies RTN uses Participatory Arts Based Research because it is useful in engaging marginalised young people as agentic, knowledgeable actors…
By working in close collaboration with young people and youth justice practitioners in Manchester, this research investigates the role of adverse childhood experiences in serious youth violence, with the aim of developing a youth-informed service response Serious youth violence (SYV)…
This project, funded by the Siobhan Dowd Trust, providesfree books to schools in Greater Manchester and beyond. The Book Club Project, funded by the Siobhan Dowd Trust, provides free books to schools in Greater Manchester and beyond. MCYS also organise book…
This project involves the co-production of a zine that explores the UK asylum process from the perspective of young people from asylum-seeking backgrounds. Young people who arrive as unaccompanied/separated asylum seekers must navigate multiple legal, practical and symbolic barriers to…
Young Manchester is a new grant-making charity, funding the delivery of child and youth activities across Greater Manchester. The purpose of the evaluation is to establish the effectiveness of the grants made by the Young Manchester Youth and Play Fund.…