A new report from New Philanthropy Capital has highlighted the high rate of child imprisonment in England and Wales and called for greater investment in innovative alternatives to custody to better tackle youth offending.

Aimed at helping charities and funders to target their investment to greatest effect, the report, Trail and Error: Children and young people in trouble with the law, singles out a 12-week intensive dance programme currently on offer in Bradford as one example of the innovative ways charities are helping young people to stay out of trouble.

The report also praises the work of the Out of Trouble programme as 'coherent, well targeted and supported by detailed research', which provides a 'valuable resource for practitioners, policy-makers and lobbyists'.

For more information click here. The full report can be downloaded from our Publications page. See coverage in today's Guardian here.