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The Foundation's achievements can be seen in many ways - for example:

  • Following the death in local authority care of Jasmine Beckford in 1984, more than a decade of Foundation-organised conferences led to concrete improvements in child protection policy and practice.

  • 'Best practice' models shared at conferences have been widely adopted across England and Wales.

  • The guidance document which accompanied the landmark Children Act 1989 was revised after a searching review by practitioners at our annual conference.

  • The Foundation's 1997 conference on Cross-border Paedophile Activity and Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes had a pivotal influence on legislation regarding sexual offenders arrested abroad.

  • Five consecutive conferences reviewing children and crime have produced new ideas for keeping young people out of prison and reforming the juvenile justice system.

  • The Government are taking action on a child defendant's pack and guidance on pre-trial therapy - two recommendations from the Foundation's 2001 conference on The Needs of Offending Children.

  • More employers are being urged to invest in training and careers for young offenders - following the example of the Army and the Northern Racing College who were encouraged by the Foundation to give this vital second chance.

  • The Foundation prepared in 2002 a video programme - A Second Chance, for screening at Young Offenders' Institutions throughout the country- with case studies on training and job opportunities in the community.