Youth Justice
Speakers
Graham Beech Prior to the merger with Rainer, Graham was Crime Concern's director of communications. He had previously been its director of offender and justice services and before that worked for the probation service as an assistant chief officer. He is a member of the Criminal Justice Council for England and Wales. |
Diana Luchford Diana Luchford was appointed the Head of the Joint Youth Justice Unit when the Ministry of Justice and the Department for Children Schools and Families took on joint responsibility for youth justice issues in June 2007. The unit advises Ministers on policy and legislation for children in the criminal justice system, including out-of-court disposals, community sentences, custody and resettlement and on delivery of the Youth Crime Action Plan, published last year. The Unit also sponsors the Youth Justice Board. Diana has a background in criminal justice and offender management having worked for a number of years in various posts in the Home Office and HM Prison Service. |
Graham Robb Graham Robb was a teacher including 12 years service as Headteacher of two contrasting comprehensive schools. Graham was Chief Inspector of Careers Services in England and was a member of the Crick Commission on the teaching of democracy and citizenship in schools. Graham has been a Board member of the Youth Justice Board for England and Wales since 2004 and was Interim Chairman of the YJB during 2007. Graham works with Government and Local authorities as a consultant on issues of young people, learning and risks to their wellbeing. |
Dr Jackie Worrall Dr Jackie Worrall LLB, MBA, MA is the Director of Policy and Public Affairs for the crime reduction charity, Nacro. She has worked for Nacro since 1982, initially as the manager of a youth training scheme. Before joining Nacro she was a probation officer in the West Midlands and in Warwickshire. |
Rushanara Ali Rushanara Ali is an Associate Director of the Young Foundation. She is responsible for research and international work. Rushanara joined the Young Foundation in March 2005. Before joining the Young Foundation, Rushanara worked at the Communities Directorate of the Home Office taking forward a work programme in response to the 2001 riots in the north of England. She has also worked at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office; as a Research Fellow for the centre left think tank, the Institute for Public Policy Research and as a Parliamentary Assistant. She worked for Michael Young helping to develop a telephone interpreting company called Language Line and helped set up Tower Hamlets Summer University, a pioneering model which has cut youth crime in the area and has been successfully replicated around London. She is the Chair of Tower Hamlets Summer University and SummerUni London, a Trustee of the Paul Hamlyn Foundation and a member of the Tate Britain Council She was a Commissioner for the London Child Poverty Commission a Board Member of Tower Hamlets College; a Trustee of the Environment Trust; and a member of the Home office Working Group on Preventing Extremism established after the 7/7 London bombings. Rushanara studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Oxford University. |
Penelope Gibbs Penelope Gibbs is Director of a Prison Reform Trust campaign to reduce the number of children and young people in custody. This five year project is funded by the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund. Before joining the Prison Reform Trust, Penelope was Director of the Voluntary Action Media Unit, a lottery funded project which aimed to improve the relationship between charities and the media. Since VAMU started in January 2005, the team produced research on the relationship between the two sectors; set up www.askcharity.org.uk a research resource for journalists; encouraged charity personnel to experience media life though Media Connections 2006 and attempted to engage the interest of media students in charities. Penelope started her career in advertising as a "suit", shuttling between clients and creative's. She joined BBC Radio in 1990 to produce programmes including Woman's Hour, the Learning Curve and Excess Baggage. More recently in the BBC she worked for the Central Strategy Unit researching how the Corporation meets the needs of its Disabled Audiences. |
Chris Stanley Chris Stanley is a senior magistrate sitting in Kent; he is Chair of the East Kent Youth Court and Chair of the Kent Magistrates Association. He is a member of the National Magistrates Association Council and it's Youth Courts Committee. |
Andrew Morley Andrew Morley was appointed Chief Executive of the London Criminal Justice Board on 19 September 2005. He joined after 14 years in the Home Office, most recently as a member of the Senior Civil Service. Previous postings have included Active Communities, Youth Justice, Mental Health, Policing, Immigration and the Home Secretary’s Private Office. He also volunteered in Lewisham including mentoring young offenders through Lewisham Social Services and chairing the Lewisham independent custody visitors panel. |