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Crime & Consequences: The Real Cost of Making The Wrong Choices

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​Helping Young People Make Informed Choices

 

Most young people know that crime has consequences. Far fewer understand what those consequences actually look like — for themselves, for their families, and for the people around them.

Our Crime & Consequences workshop closes that gap. Led by credible messengers — people with direct experience of the decisions and their aftermath — the session brings the reality of crime into the room in a way that no textbook or assembly can replicate. Not to frighten. To inform.

The session covers the pressures that lead to poor decisions, the immediate and long-term consequences of criminal involvement, the impact on families and communities, and what a different path forward looks like. Young people leave with a clearer understanding of what is actually at stake — and why the choices they make now matter more than they might think.

The workshop is curriculum-aligned, adapted for the year group, and designed to generate honest discussion rather than passive listening.

Alison Zilberkweit JP, YLYC Coordinator - Brent-Barnet-Harrow

“Your Life You Choose is a multi-agency project raising awareness of the choices young people may face in their daily lives, and empowering them with the confidence to make the right decisions and keep safe.  Given their lived experience of the criminal justice system Pathways Education Project are an integral part of our schools project".
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