The Foundation takes a very different, expert and evidence-based approach to solving how local authorities fail to give Black children and young people in general the appropriate support they need to live crime-free lives once they get into the criminal justice system.

This is needed even more, given the statistics showing how children with dual heritage are over-represented in most stages of the criminal justice system. This includes stop and search, arrests, cautions and sentences, foster care and custody.

Reports also indicate, that many local authorities in England have gone bankrupt partly due to the high cost of looking after the more at-risk young people in care, proven not to be sustainable or beneficial to these looked after children and young people as many end up not achieving in staying out of the criminal justice system.

Many examples exist of failed “lift and shift” programmes where the more vulnerable young people from black and dual heritage backgrounds have been relocated from the home areas to other areas of the UK in an attempt to address issues around violence, education, training or crime/reoffending. These fail due to the disconnection from existing social and emotional support/family links and often make matters worse when returning post-relocation.