Community-led approach needed to tackle youth violence in UK, report finds

People using computers in a youth club in London. Education is central to the campaign to end against serious violence, the report says. Photograph: Paul Doyle/Alamy

A community-led approach is needed to tackle serious youth violence, such as more funding for youth services and mental health initiatives while rolling back police powers, a report has said.

​​Education is central to the fight against serious youth violence, which must involve an end to school exclusions and the removal of police from schools, according to Holding Our Own: A guide to non-policing solutions to serious youth violence.