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  CAYT repository of impact studiesThis repository contains studies on services and programmes that support the development of young people. See details of the repository for more information about the purpose of the repository and how to submit impact studies. Positive activities for young people
Gillian Walnes and Heather Boyce
This study examines the effect of a typical Anne Frank Scotland project on White-British 11 and 12 year olds.
Empowering Young People Pilots was an initiative to make funds available so that the most disadvantaged young people could access positive activities. It was part of the ten year strategy for positive youth activities launched in 2007.
The Youth Opportunity Fund and the Youth Capital Fund were established in 2006 with the aim of funding positive activities for young people across all local authorities.
Positive social development
Paul Ainsworth
'It's not OK!' is a group of violence-prevention interventions which aim to change young people's attitudes towards key issues such as alcohol use, racism, homophobic violence, arson and other anti-social behaviour, abusive relationships and guns and gangs.
The strengthening families programme 10-14 (UK) is an intervention which aims to improve the 'family competency' of young people and their parents, as well as reduce the risk factors associated with substance use and other problem behaviours.
The 'Good Behaviour Game' is a classroom-based management strategy used by teachers to socialise young school-age children and reduce aggressive and disruptive behaviours
Breaking Barriers was a Community Cohesion project that operated from 2007-2010 on a pan-London basis led by the Active Communities Network (ACN)
The Certificate of Personal Effectiveness (CoPE) is a set of qualifications (Level 1,2 and 3) developed by ASDAN Education.
Alcohol and drugs
Sarah Lynch, Ben Styles and Sally Bradshaw
Talk About Alcohol is a set of peer-reviewed, evidence-based and piloted resources for teachers, parents and students which are provided free of charge with the aim of supporting alcohol education.
The SHAHRP programme is a classroom-based drug education project with a primary focus to minimize alcohol related 'harm' by empowering students to identify and deal with risks and harms associated with alcohol use
A group of brief, selective, personality-targeted interventions aimed at reducing substance (alcohol and drugs) use and misuse.
EU-DAP is a school-based project designed to prevent adolescents’ misuse of legal and illegal substances
The Örebro Prevention program is a universal prevention program designed to decrease underage drunkenness. It has now evolved and is called Effekt.
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 To submit an impact study, email Richard White at the Department for Education. More information on levels of impact. More information about types of study. 
 The Centre receives funding from the Department for Education.
 Child Wellbeing Research Centre (CWRC), University of Loughborough Centre for Understanding Behaviour Change (CUBeC), University of Bristol |
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