Reflections on the Youth Justice Sport Fund: Using Sport and Physical Activity as a Secondary Level Intervention with Young People

Carolynne Mason; Caron Walpole; Haydn Morgan; Rosie Meek; Ceris Anderson; Stuart Felce; Graham Helm; Claire Khan

doi:10.4324/9781003503958-12

Reflections on the Youth Justice Sport Fund: Using Sport and Physical Activity as a Secondary Level Intervention with Young People

Carolynne Mason, Caron Walpole, Haydn Morgan, Rosie Meek, Ceris Anderson, Stuart Felce, Graham Helm, Claire Khan

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Abstract

The Youth Justice Sports Fund (YJSF) was an initiative funded by the Ministry of Justice (UK) that sought to support community projects across England and Wales that use sport to enhance positive outcomes for vulnerable young people. The funding facilitated voluntary and community sports organisations to undertake targeted work supporting children and young people aged 10–17 years, who were identified as being ‘at-risk’ of involvement in crime, antisocial behaviour, and/or serious violence. The YJSF also aimed to build the capability of sport sector delivery organisations to work effectively with their local criminal justice partners (e.g. Youth Justice Services, Police and Police Crime Commissioners/Violence Reduction Units). This chapter provides a summary of YJSF and focuses specifically on the extent to which the utilisation of a consistent Theory of Change across the project enhanced organisational capacity within the sport and criminal justice sector.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Sport and Criminal Justice
Subtitle of host publication	Practitioner Insights and Theoretical Directions
Editors	Haydn Morgan, Andrew Parker, Rosie Meek
Place of Publication	London
Publisher	Routledge
Chapter	9
Pages	125-137
Number of pages	13
Edition	1st
ISBN (Electronic)	9781003503958
ISBN (Print)	9781032823027
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003503958-12
Publication status	Published - 27 Feb 2026

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Name	Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society

UN SDGs

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SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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General Social Sciences

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Mason, C., Walpole, C., Morgan, H., Meek, R., Anderson, C., Felce, S., Helm, G., & Khan, C. (2026). Reflections on the Youth Justice Sport Fund: Using Sport and Physical Activity as a Secondary Level Intervention with Young People. In H. Morgan, A. Parker, & R. Meek (Eds.), Sport and Criminal Justice: Practitioner Insights and Theoretical Directions (1st ed., pp. 125-137). (Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003503958-12

Reflections on the Youth Justice Sport Fund: Using Sport and Physical Activity as a Secondary Level Intervention with Young People. / Mason, Carolynne; Walpole, Caron; Morgan, Haydn et al.
Sport and Criminal Justice: Practitioner Insights and Theoretical Directions. ed. / Haydn Morgan; Andrew Parker; Rosie Meek. 1st. ed. London: Routledge, 2026. p. 125-137 (Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society).

Research output: Chapter or section in a book/report/conference proceeding › Book chapter

Mason, C, Walpole, C, Morgan, H, Meek, R, Anderson, C, Felce, S, Helm, G & Khan, C 2026, Reflections on the Youth Justice Sport Fund: Using Sport and Physical Activity as a Secondary Level Intervention with Young People. in H Morgan, A Parker & R Meek (eds), Sport and Criminal Justice: Practitioner Insights and Theoretical Directions. 1st edn, Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society, Routledge, London, pp. 125-137. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003503958-12

Mason C, Walpole C, Morgan H, Meek R, Anderson C, Felce S et al. Reflections on the Youth Justice Sport Fund: Using Sport and Physical Activity as a Secondary Level Intervention with Young People. In Morgan H, Parker A, Meek R, editors, Sport and Criminal Justice: Practitioner Insights and Theoretical Directions. 1st ed. London: Routledge. 2026. p. 125-137. (Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society). doi: 10.4324/9781003503958-12

Mason, Carolynne ; Walpole, Caron ; Morgan, Haydn et al. / Reflections on the Youth Justice Sport Fund : Using Sport and Physical Activity as a Secondary Level Intervention with Young People. Sport and Criminal Justice: Practitioner Insights and Theoretical Directions. editor / Haydn Morgan ; Andrew Parker ; Rosie Meek. 1st. ed. London : Routledge, 2026. pp. 125-137 (Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society).

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