DIVERT Lancashire, a project to cut reoffending rates which involves the community trusts of Lancashire's professional football clubs, is set to kick off in earnest.

The positive effects of yoga within criminal justice are being recognised by practitioners and researchers on both sides of the Atlantic.

Sadiq Khan is investing in sport to combat the serious youth violence epidemic in London. But what about the rest of the UK? The Alliance of Sport found out the state of play...

Find out how the Streetbase programme combines sport, young volunteers and an innovative ‘activity map’ to support young people at-risk of crime in Waltham Forest, East London.

More than 3,000 young people will be given places at sport and activity programmes this summer to help keep them away from possible violence and crime, Culture Secretary Jeremy Wright has announced.

Serving offenders from HMP Thorn Cross have begun working with young people at risk of school exclusions on a boxing programme in Cheshire – with immediate results for both parties. 

When it comes to working with people caught up in crime, ‘collaboration’ and ‘multi-agency approach’ are modern buzz words. No-one embodies those philosophies better than the Met's PC Jason Hill.

The charity Crimestoppers is rapidly expanding its Fearless programme in Wales to encourage young people to report crime – and they are using sport as a vehicle to get the message across.

The Alliance of Sport is proud to have contributed to the new DCMS Committee report, ‘Changing Lives: the social impact of participation in culture and sport’.

The outstanding work of Positive Futures in using sport as a tool to reduce crime is expanding across south-east Wales, with new partnerships and collaborations boosting their impact.

Alliance of Sport members Boxing Futures have showcased their ever-growing impact with a powerful video depicting one young person's transformation through sport.

Gloves Not Gunz is an organisation with all the ingredients that go into a successful sport-based intervention – and yet another example of the power of boxing to reduce crime.