StreetCraft Scholarships 2015/16
Who is the Scholarship for?
The StreetCraft Scholarship is aimed at frontline practitioners who wish to put a creative
idea for sustainable criminal justice innovation into practice.
Applicants can come from the public, voluntary or private, community interest and social
enterprise sector. You should apply if you have developed or are developing an innovation
which is likely to improve criminal justice practice in your field. Your proposal will be subject
to the following criteria:
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Applicants will need to demonstrate that they can articulate the change they would
like to see and why they think the support within the programme will make it more
feasible to be implemented;
Applicants will need a clear theory of change as to why their idea will contribute to
reductions in crime and/or improvements in public safety and who will benefit;
Applicants will need to have a plan for how they propose to capture the impact of
their innovation once implemented
The Scholarship is not suitable for purely academic study or for policy development.
We are offering four StreetCraft Scholarships for 2015/16.
The offer of support
The StreetCraft Scholarship is founded on a unique partnership between the Centre for
Justice Innovation, the Young Foundation and Clinks.
The Scholarship has three key elements:
 Stage 1: Justice innovation orientation: Successful applicants will be brought
together for three days’ intensive orientation into innovative criminal justice thinking in
the autumn of 2015. Applicants will meet with previous StreetCrafters and other criminal
justice innovators, public service innovation agencies and hear different perspectives on
the challenges and opportunities for the criminal justice system in the 21st century. During
the orientation, the applicants will record and reflect on their learning in interviews and
video blogs, hosted on the Centre for Justice Innovation website;
 Stage 2: Intensive project support and assistance: Applicants have access to fully
funded structured project support from either Clinks or the Young Foundation:
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For applicants seeking to secure early stage social investment in their
innovation, The Young Foundation Accelerator will help an individual
or team to progress an innovative idea which is in the early stages of
development. The Accelerator is a unique programme of technical business
modelling support (a total of 12 practical workshops) combined with financial
coaching and strategic mentoring. The Accelerator will help each practitioner
get their idea to a stage where an identified commissioner in their locality will
feel confident that it should be funded and implemented.
The Accelerator programme will run from late October 2015 until February
2016. It will be based in Leeds. Applicants should note that it is an intense
12 week time commitment, with roughly 2 day long sessions per fortnight,
commencing in October 2015. Subsequent financial coaching and strategic
mentoring will be provided to support the implementation of learning from
the taught sessions.
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The Clinks Technical Support package will support an individual to progress
an innovation in early stages of implementation or planning. Depending on
the ambitions of the innovator, Clinks would look to help you improve,
embed, or expand the idea. This would be undertaken using a variety of
expertise within the Clinks staff team and spot-purchased support from their
membership of almost 600 Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise
organisations, and a contact database of over 11,000 Criminal Justice
Professionals across England and Wales. The support would make the best
use of existing expertise to provide a holistic package of developmental advice
and guidance. Clinks will also seek to provide a link to an appropriate
individual within the Ministry of Justice (or other relevant Government
Department) to support the scholarship where this is appropriate or possible.
The Clinks Technical Assistance support entails 2 days scoping with the
selected individual, 7 days development support, and 1 day evaluation to be
delivered over a 6 month period. The programme will commence on
agreement between the applicant and Clinks.
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Stage 3: Structured self-reflection: Throughout the Scholarship, the Centre will
create opportunities for the successful applicants to regularly discuss progress and
share reflections throughout the year. The Centre will also work with each Scholar to
connect them with experts on justice innovation, either in person or online via Skype.
Applicants will document their progress whilst on the scholarship by writing blog
posts and creating video blog entries to be shared via the Centre for Justice
Innovation YouTube channel.
Your commitment
Due to the nature of the programme, applicants in employment will need to demonstrate the
support of their line managers for their participation in the programme.
Successful applicants will need to be able to travel to and stay in London for 3 days in the
autumn 2015 for the orientation session.
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Those joining the Young Foundation Accelerator will need to be able to attend the 12
two day sessions in Leeds between October 2015 and February 2016 (as well as the
orientation days in London prior to this).
For those receiving the Clinks Technical Support, the commitment is 10 programme
days over a 6 month period (as well as the orientation days in London prior to this),
which may involve some travel to London but much of the support can be delivered
on a territorial basis by the Clinks Local Development Team which has regional
offices.
The Scholarship will cover reasonable travel and accommodation costs for London sessions
for candidates located outside of London.
Upon the successful completion of the scholarship, StreetCraft Scholars will be invited to
become mentors to the next wave of Scholars.
The process
Applications will be accepted via the Centre for Justice Innovation website until 31 July
2015.
The applicants must indicate which of the two project support options they would like to
apply for but should note that, after assessment by the awards panel, the alternative package
of support may be offered if this is felt to be more appropriate.
The applications will be shortlisted by a panel consisting of a justice innovator and
representatives from the Centre for Justice Innovation, Clinks and the Young Foundation.
Shortlisted applicants will then be invited to submit a video pitch of their innovation or
invited to pitch in person to the panel. This will take place in August / September 2015.
Shortlisted applicants may be required to discuss aspects of their proposal or plans with the
panel, for example, where it is felt that it may not fit with timescales for the Scholarship, and
should be prepared to modify the scope of the project and/or accept the alternative support
package. Applicants who are not shortlisted will be welcome to request feedback on their
applications.
If you have any questions please contact us on CJIEnquiries@justiceinnovation.org