No more excuses!
No More Excuses is a six-step transition plan created by Tyler, a young person with direct lived experience of the justice system. It is designed to provide young people in secure settings with the support, day-to-day skills and confidence that will help them successfully transition both back into the community and into adulthood.
The activities included focus on supporting young people to see their own potential, and work towards their future goals. It also gives staff members a better understanding of how to create positive and trusting relationships with young people they work with.
Click here to download No More Excuses
Click here to download a poster of the key messages in No More Excuses
It is very important to Tyler that these resources are freely available and easily accessible to everyone working with young people in secure settings. So please do download, use and share these resources.
To help us track the programme’s impact, please get in touch by emailing rebecca@leaders-unlocked.org to let us know where you are using it, and to provide any feedback you have on the programme.
No More Excuses presents a real opportunity to support the transition of young people in a true co-produced and supportive way. The 6 steps provide a structured plan and way of working with the flexibility to tailor it to the needs of the individual. However the true power in No More Excuses is the fact that it is developed by Tyler, a young person and an expert within the Children and Young Peoples Secure Estate. Tyler has developed this with professionalism, empathy and learning from other young people. If there is one example of real co-production we should be championing, then No More Excuses is it.
Andrew Nichols-Clarke, Head of Health & Justice Children Programme, NHS England
