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<p>Engagement in education provides an important opportunity to identify and support
children and young people at risk of serious violence. Through the department’s Support,
Attend, Fulfil, Exceed (SAFE) Taskforce and Alternative Provision Specialist Taskforce
(APST) programmes, the department is investing over £50 million to fund specialist
support in mainstream schools and alternative provisions in the areas where serious
violence is most prevalent.</p><p> </p><p>The SAFE taskforce programmes are underpinned
by evidence-based approaches to tackling serious violence, including utilising the
Youth Endowment Fund’s (YEF) Toolkit for how to put these approaches into action.
The department continues to work closely with YEF as they build up their evidence
base for 'what works' in preventing serious violence, and as they fund the evaluations
of the department's taskforce programmes. Updates to the YEF’s school-based work can
be found on their website.</p>
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