Evaluating Difference Matters for Violence Reduction Unit, London
CORC have been commissioned by The Mayor of London’s Violence Reduction Unit to evaluate the implementation of its Difference Matters Programme, to consider its content, mechanisms and causations of change and outcomes. CORC will also be a learning partner, supporting continuous programme development and engagement, working with all schools and partners involved.
Difference Matters is a new education programme designed to support neurodivergent young people in mainstream secondary schools. By empowering young people, raising awareness, and making schools more neuro-inclusive environments, the programme aims to improve young people’s experiences of school, reducing absenteeism, suspensions and exclusions.
The Difference Matters programme is being piloted in 16 mainstream secondary schools, across the London Boroughs of Bexley, Havering, Lambeth, Lewisham, Southwark, Sutton and Waltham Forest. Each school will develop a neurodivergent youth led action group, who will create and act on plans to support neuroinclusive practice in their schools.
More information will be provided as this two year project unfolds.
For more information about Difference Matters, see here.