The ISSP programme includes a mixture of face to face meetings and group activities, the main elements of this are :

• Understanding and Changing Offending Behaviour

• Developing Victim Awareness and Remorse

• Family Support or Independent Living Skills

• Education Training and Employment

• Restorative Justice, Reparation and Mediation

• Learning Positive New Sports & Leisure Activities.

The North Yorkshire ISSP uses various projects to help young offenders turn their lives around positively. Recent examples include :

• Making a DVD about the youth justice system, to describe what it’s like in court and in custody, and the help which young offenders need to get their lives under control.

• Doing reparation work (Community Payback) at a Scarborough Hospice; gardening projects in Harrogate and conservation work in the Thirsk area.

• Attending Knife Crime awareness sessions, including visits to the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds.

• Participating in “Connect on the Out”, an arts-based summer scheme.