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Northumbria Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) – County Lines Film
Summary: A powerful awareness film on County Lines for use across the Northumbria PCC area including in schools. Description: A Northern Stage production in association with Meerkat Films produced the film for Northumbria VRU. The film highlights the realities of county lines and exploitation, and it helps, students, parents and professionals identify warning signs. Watch…
Greater Manchester VRU’s Prevention Virtual Education Programme
Published: 06/05/2025
A 12-week programme to help children in Greater Manchester make the right decisions to avoid serious violence and knife crime.
Harmful sexual behaviour policy – Bury & Rochdale Youth Justice Service
Published: 06/05/2025
This harmful sexual behaviour policy underpins a cohesive approach used by all agencies in Rochdale tasked with safeguarding children when dealing with referrals regarding harmful sexualised behaviour (HSB).
Darlington Young People’s Engagement & Justice Service’s victim support
Published: 25/02/2025
Darlington Young People’s Engagement and Justice Service (YPEJS) endeavour to deliver a flexible and bespoke response to all victims of crime in the area. The service has shared its victim assessment tool and accompanying prompt sheet to use with victims of crime to offer support and signpost to relevant services.
Flintshire Youth Justice Service’s Soft Outcomes Tool
Published: 07/01/2025
Flintshire Youth Justice Service has designed a tool to gather information from children about how they feel about various aspects of their lives, including mental health, school and substance misuse.
Turning the tide: transforming children’s lives on the Isle of Wight
Published: 18/12/2024
By Steph Roberts-Bibby, YJB Chief Executive Officer I visited the Isle of Wight’s youth justice service (YJS) to learn more about the great work the team is doing as part of its improvement journey. After a bracing ferry trip, we travelled to the YJS’s head office, set within Newport Town County Hall. Pastel Victorian shopfronts…
Northumbria’s Student Support Champions
Published: 13/11/2024
Student Support Champions (SSCs) work across 8 Newcastle-Upon-Tyne schools with children identified as being at risk of involvement in violence, as part of a public health and contextual safeguarding approach to violence reduction.
The Wirral’s ‘In the Zone’ programme
Published: 29/10/2024
In the Zone is an interactive programme delivered by a partnership between Wirral Council, Merseyside Police, Wirral Youth Justice Service and Youth Matters.
Sunderland’s Focused Deterrence Project
Published: 22/10/2024
A focused deterrence project based in Sunderland, delivered by a co-located multi-agency partnership, and funded by Northumbria Violence Reduction Unit.
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