Welcome to the LtPF Learning and Development Framework!
Levelling the Playing Field is proud to launch its Learning and Development Framework to offer our Community of Practice the right training, for the right people in the right communities.
LtPF sets out new training framework for delivery partners
Levelling the Playing Field has produced a training framework for everyone in our Community of Practice who supports ethnically diverse children - with the support of the Welsh Government.
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STATE OF PLAY: The Impact of Covid-19 on Youth Justice
The ‘Impact of COVID-19 on Youth Justice’ research project aims to understand and document the unprecedented implications that the pandemic has had on the youth justice system and the vulnerable children it works with.
Let's rock! Levelling the Playing Field teams up with ClimbUnity
Levelling the Playing Field is to give children inside HMP/YOI Wetherby the opportunity to learn climbing both during their jail terms and as part of their resettlement into the community.
New LtPF partnership to benefit children in custody
Levelling the Playing Field has partnered with prison education provider Novus to offer sport and physical activity opportunities to children in custody and after their release.
Youth offending: a practitioner explains the process
As part of Levelling the Playing Field’s ‘Criminal Justice Month’, we asked Jay Shortall, Youth Justice Officer at Sheffield Youth Justice Service, to explain from a practitioner’s viewpoint the process for a young person entering the Youth Justice System, starting from the point of arrest.
Blog: 'The project's ambition and scale are so exciting'
As part of our ‘Criminal Justice Month’, we asked the Youth Justice Board’s Programme Manager for Over-Represented Children, Adam Mooney, for his thoughts on Levelling the Playing Field’s potential to achieve lasting, positive change.
C.I.T goes down a storm with LtPF partners
Levelling the Playing Field has completed its first phase of learning for delivery partners with Compassionate Integrity Training (C.I.T) receiving rave reviews from all attendees.
Blog: How to engage autistic children in sport and physical activity
We know that children with neurodivergent traits are hugely over-represented in youth justice. As part of LtPF's Neurodiversity Month, we've asked Levelling the Playing Field researcher Morgan Mitchell to look at how sport and physical activity practitioners can best engage those with autism - one of the most common neurodiverse conditions.
Blog: How to support participants with neurodivergent traits
As part of LtPF's Neurodiversity Month, we've invited Professor Amanda Kirby, CEO of our strategic partners Do-It Solutions, to explain why neurodiversity is so important for those working with children in community sport and criminal justice settings.
Blog: how does ethnicity affect youth diversion?
Levelling the Playing Field researcher, Morgan Mitchell, assesses some of the findings in the Centre for Justice Innovation’s report, ‘Equal diversion? Racial Disproportionality in Youth Diversion' – and seeks some solutions to the system's racial bias and disproportionality.
Toolkit provides evidence base for youth diversion
‘Valuing Youth Diversion: A toolkit for practitioners’ is an incredibly valuable resource for Levelling the Playing Field delivery partners seeking an evidence base to underpin their work and looking to make a strong case for continued investment.
LtPF welcomes Welsh rugby stars on board
Welsh rugby stars Leon Brown and Ashton Hewitt have pledged their support for Levelling the Playing Field as ideal role models for our participants in Gwent.
Blog: creating psychological safety for the return to sport
Sports neuroscientist and Levelling the Playing Field researcher, Morgan Mitchell, offers tips for looking after participants' mental health as they return to sport participation following the easing of Covid019 restrictions.
'Child first' courses available to LtPF partners
Levelling the Playing Field partners can access a range of courses to develop their understanding of the ‘child first’ approach to youth justice.
C.I.T training proving a huge benefit to LtPF partners
Our offer of Compassionate Integrity Training (C.I.T) has proved an instant hit with staff from our Levelling the Playing Field network across England and Wales.
You Can't Be What You Can't See!' - Why does diversity matter?
Morgan Mitchell from Levelling the Playing Field’s research team offers a fascinating perspective on the psychology and importance of diversity.
New 'Child First' report to bring "exciting opportunities" for youth justice
Keith Fraser, Chair of the Youth Justice Board, says a new report supporting the 'Child First' approach to youth justice will open up "exciting opportunities" for the sector.
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LtPF holds its first 'Team Talk'
Levelling the Playing Field has launched ‘Team Talk’ events to bring our fabulous network of partners together.
How agility and ingenuity has conquered Covid
As a return to sport and physical activity draws closer, Levelling the Playing Field takes a look at some of the ingenious ideas that our Local Delivery Partners are using to stay connected with children during lockdown.
LtPF plants the seed for new Diversionary Action groups
Levelling the Playing Field is set to benefit at-risk children in Coventry in a way that organisers of the project could never have foreseen.
New training offer for LtPF delivery partners
Levelling the Playing Field is delighted to offer FREE Compassion Integrity Training (C.I.T) for staff at our local delivery partners.
Unicef UK praises LtPF in key Youth Justice report
The United Kingdom Committee for Unicef (Unicef UK) has praised the "innovative blueprint" offered by Levelling the Playing Field in efforts to tackle over-representation in the Youth Justice System.
LtPF’s delivery partners all set for mentoring training
Levelling the Playing Field’s upcoming mentoring training programme will be hugely beneficial to the staff and participants of our Local Delivery Partners and will help achieve the project’s common goals.
Welcome to Levelling the Playing Field’s mentoring month!
Throughout February, we’ll be finding out what mentoring means to you and gaining insights into how our local delivery partners in London, Gwent, the West Midlands and South Yorkshire go about it.
TIF funding a lifeline through dark times of Covid lockdown
Levelling the Playing Field’s local delivery partners say Sport England's Tackling Inequalities Fund has helped them provide a lifeline for participants through the ravages of Covid-19 lockdowns.
BTEG launch Inclusive Employers Toolkit
Our Levelling the Playing Field strategic partners, the Black Training and Enterprise Group (BTEG), have produced an Inclusive Employers Toolkit to help businesses increase the recruitment, retention and progression of young black men.
Research Fellow wanted for Levelling the Playing Field
The University of Birmingham is seeking a Part-time Research Fellow (Grade 7) who will join the Monitoring + Evaluation Team in the School of Sport, Exercise & Rehabilitation Sciences currently working on Levelling the Playing Field.
LTPF's funders hail its potential to bring “major social change”
Levelling the Playing Field’s funders have revealed the reasons behind their record £1million grant and highlighted the project’s potential to have “a major impact on social change”.
How we're supporting participants through lockdown
Local Delivery Partners on our Levelling the Playing Field project are showing great agility and ingenuity to continue engaging with participants during England’s second Covid-19 lockdown.
Updated NYA Guidance on Covid-19
The National Youth Agency has updated its Covid Guidance after the announcement of a second national lockdown saw the youth sector move to RED in the Readiness Framework.
LTPF boosted by generous tech donation
Darrel Arjoon says “a passion for helping young people” was behind his decision to donate free laptops to all the mentors working on Levelling the Playing Field.
Why does the playing field need levelling?
As Levelling the Playing Field gets under way, the project's lead researcher Dr Hannah Baumer outlines our starting point with BAME children's under-representation in sport and physical activity and over-representation in the youth justice system.
Rotherham ready to roll
Rotherham United Community Sports Trust are set to be the first of our Local Delivery Partners nationwide to start delivering Levelling the Playing Field as part of their weekly sport and physical activity programme.
Alliance of Sport secures funding for LtPF delivery partners
The Alliance of Sport in Criminal Justice has secured a grant of £90,048 from Sport England which will be immediately distributed to frontline organisations involved in the Levelling the Playing Field project.
YJB's 'Racial Disparity' report shows urgent need for action
New figures published by the Youth Justice Board show that the need to address disproportionality in youth justice is more acute than ever.
YJB business plan shows full support for LtPF
The Alliance of Sport in Criminal Justice was delighted to see its Levelling the Playing Field project highlighted in the Youth Justice Board’s 2020-21 business plan.
LtPF team strengthens as University of Birmingham appoints Dr. Hannah Baumer
The appointment of Dr. Hannah Baumer has significantly strengthened the University of Birmingham's research team working on the Levelling the Playing Field project.
LtPF boosted by endorsement from United by Birmingham 2022
Levelling the Playing Field has received a major honour after being endorsed by United by Birmingham 2022, the community programme of the Commonwealth Games.
BBC puts spotlight on Sport England report
The BBC’s Newsround has spotlighted the report from Sport England which shows that children from a BAME background are less likely to take part in sport or physical activity.
Lockdown has increased inequalities gap, research shows
The COVID-19 lockdown has seen children in Wales from lower socio-economic backgrounds suffer from a decrease in physical activity, according to new research.