According to the Guardian, since 2019 there has been a 94.5% increase in under 18s reporting to have been criminally exploited – and around a third of these are female. In Birmingham, BeLeave helps those girls and young women who are at…
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Spurgeons services prepare for prestigious Children and Young People Now Awards ceremony
Children and Young People Now magazine is dedicated to professionals working with children, young people and families. It’s annual CYP Now Awards recognise the very best practice amongst those professionals – and we’re delighted that two of our project have…
Service in the spotlight: BeLeave – protecting girls at risk of harm
There are at least 60 county line drugs operations in Birmingham. Because boys are more likely to be targeted by police, gangs are now increasingly targeting girls to transport weapons and drugs. BeLeave was set up by Spurgeons and the…
Spurgeons services recognised for positive difference they make to children, young people and families
We are proud to share that two Spurgeons services have been shortlisted in this year’s Children & Young People Now Awards. BeLeave, a service in Birmingham working with girls, young women and their families responding to gang-related risk, and Norwich…
How one family responded when led to believe that life could be so much better
This year the Spurgeons’ BeLeave project was shortlisted for the 2020 Children and Young People Now Awards in the Early Intervention category for its work supporting girls and young women across Birmingham who are at risk of harm from gangs…
Supporting Girls and Young Women at risk of harm – Reflections from Cape Town
This year the Spurgeons’ BeLeave project was shortlisted for the 2020 Children and Young People Now Awards in the Early Intervention category for its work supporting girls and young women across Birmingham who are at risk of harm from gangs…
New funding backs Spurgeons’ work with West Midlands youth
Spurgeons is set to enhance the services its West Midlands youth projects can offer, thanks to some hard fund raising work and the generosity of a number of new grants and trusts. Our Young Carers services in Birmingham and Wolverhampton…
Working with girls to BeLeave in better
Jag Basra heads Spurgeons’ BeLeave programme, supporting girls and young women impacted by gang affiliation and child criminal exploitation. Jag is about to meet up in Cape Town with all the projects established under the international Comic Relief I Define…
Birmingham project will stop girls getting into gangs
A major new initiative to reduce the numbers of girls getting into gangs in Birmingham will be piloted by Spurgeons Children’s Charity. The family support service, called BeLeave, will be run in partnership with the Birmingham Police and Schools Panels…