Shaping Safer, Stronger Tomorrows for Young Lives
Providing Specialist Consultancy, Training and Support for Children, Young People and Families
Behind Young Lives UK
Luke Norbury founded Young Lives UK to deliver high-quality specialist consultancy and training to organisations nationwide as well as providing direct support for children, young people and families throughout Greater London.
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Proven Experience
Luke brings over two decades of specialist expertise, having held leadership roles across the UK in children’s homes, secure children’s homes, youth justice, youth work, family help as well as programme and project management.
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Independent Support
Luke works with organisations to provide independent advice, guidance and practical support tailored to strategic, operational and practice-level priorities. He also delivers specialist intervention work with children, young people and families as well as facilitating high-quality multi-agency training.
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Meaningful Change
Luke supports organisations and services in achieving measurable and sustainable improvements by applying a range of evidence-informed and research-driven approaches. His methodology integrates relational, systemic, trauma-infused and project management frameworks tailored to strategic, operational and practice-level priorities.
Specialist Services
Youth Justice Inspection Preparation and Improvement
Supporting youth justice services to improve outcomes for children, young people and victims by helping them to prepare for HMIP inspections and implementing sustainable improvements in response to inspection findings.
Children’s Home Registration
Supporting children’s home providers through every stage of the registration lifecycle to ensure a smooth, compliant and efficient process.
Children’s Home Inspection Preparation and Improvement
Supporting children’s homes in strengthening outcomes for children and young people by guiding providers through Ofsted inspection preparation and helping implement sustainable improvements in response to inspection outcomes.
Children’s Home Strategic and Operational Development
Providing specialist advice, guidance and practical support at both strategic and operational levels encompassing robust strategies, operational frameworks, policy development, workforce planning and quality assurance processes.
Children’s Home Regulation 44 Visits
Providing independent monthly Regulation 44 visits and producing high-quality reports that supports children’s homes in meeting regulatory requirements and driving continuous development.
Specialist Support for LGBTQ+ Children and Young People
Providing specialist relationship-based support for children and young people who identify as LGBTQ+ with a focus on identify development, wellbeing, safety and protection.
Specialist Support for Children and Young People at Risk of or Affected by Sexual Exploitation
Providing specialist relationship-based support for children and young people at risk of or affected by Sexual Exploitation with a focus on wellbeing, safety and protection.
Family Help
Providing specialist support through service audits, inspection preparation, post-inspection improvement and facilitation of multi-agency collaboration.
Youth Work
Providing specialist advice, guidance and practical support at strategic, operational and practice-levels encompassing robust strategies, operational frameworks, policy development, workforce planning and quality assurance processes.
Training
Delivering high-quality training to both individual organisations and multi-agency groups. Each session is underpinned by evidence-informed and research-driven practice relevant to the theme and is designed to build knowledge and skills through engaging and interactive methods.
Let’s Work Together
For more information or to discuss how I might support your service please get in touch.