The Social Switch Project piloted in Salford
Four schools in Salford – Salford City Academy, Irlam and Cadishead Academy, The Albion Academy and, Buile Hill Academy – have joined a pilot of The Social Switch Project, a multi-layered social media education programme that aims to empower and educate frontline practitioners in online behaviour and support young people to live pro-social and harm […]
Salford awarded funding as part of Violence Reduction Unit’s investment in communities
SEVEN organisations in Salford have been awarded funding from Greater Manchester’s Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) to help reduce violence and hate crime, improve community cohesion, and provide opportunities for young people. Salford is the third borough in the city-region to receive funding from the VRU as part of its £500,000 investment in community-led pilots, outlined […]
Next in our community alliance spotlight series is Odd Arts. Part of the Manchester community alliance, Odd Arts is a Manchester charity delivering innovative and creative programmes, across all art forms, with vulnerable and excluded groups. Specialising in delivering theatre-based programmes that challenge and change attitudes and behaviours, Odd Arts work with participants to devise […]
For the past 12 months, the Violence Reduction Unit have worked in collaboration with the Bauer Academy to engage young people in workshops to address the key issues and the consequences of knife and weapon crime. Over 200 young people from 28 schools and colleges across Greater Manchester have been engaged in online content creation […]
Success of hospital Navigators in Greater Manchester, sees project expanded
Launched in May 2021, the Greater Manchester Navigator Project works with young people aged 10-25, to help them to cope and recover from their experience of violence and assist with access to local support networks to prevent the potential of further violence. Initially rolled out in four hospitals across Greater Manchester (Royal Bolton Hospital, Salford […]
Actions Have Consequences programme delivered to students across Greater Manchester
Supported by the Violence Reduction Unit, the National Offender Management Service event, Actions Have Consequences, was delivered to pupils at schools in Oldham, Rochdale, Salford and Bolton by a Her Majesty’s Prison (HMP) officer, dog handler Paul McGovern MBE. Greater Manchester Police (GMP) were there to support the event. Prison Officer Paul McGovern MBE, from […]
In 2016, a group of mothers who had started their journey of recovery from domestic abuse and violence, expressed that they wanted similar help and support for their children but could not find anything suitable. From this request, the Healing Together program was born. The Healing Together program is powered by Innovating Minds, a multi […]
Angels Dance helps to build a safer community in New Bury
Located in New Bury, Angels Dance teamed up with the local community and Raise the Youth Foundation on the Protect Project, a summer activity programme focused on exploring issues of conflict and restorative practise, to provide young people with the skills to prevent violence, repair harm and ‘protect’ young people from trauma. Funded by the […]
The Greater Manchester Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) adopts a public health approach to violence reduction; this means focusing on understanding the root causes of the problem and on testing, evaluating and upscaling interventions. The Navigator Project, a new intervention for Greater Manchester, launched recently. Based in four Greater Manchester hospitals, the Navigator Project is a […]