Workshop held to educate boys aged 11-16 about how attitudes and behaviours lead to all forms of violence. Students were shown #IsThisOK video developed to tackle sexual harassment of women and girls in public spaces. Mayor of Greater Manchester leading campaign as part of city-region’s 10-year Gender-Based Violence Strategy. Violence prevention experts from Greater Manchester’s […]
Between 1st July and 31st December 2021, The Shed supported 34 men to become more socially connected to their community and to be inspired to have purpose in their lives. The project is delivered by social inclusion charity, Salford Foundation. The Shed offers support to men (aged 18+) living in Salford, Manchester and Trafford who […]
The latest in a series of content from Media Cubs pop-up TV studio and newsroom, Media Cubs mini reporters hosted a press conference with Superintendent Chris Downey, the police lead for Greater Manchester’s Violence Reduction Unit, to find out what his job entails and what the unit is doing to reduce crime across the region… […]
Round Midnight and the Greater Manchester Violence Reduction Unit are working with five schools in Oldham, Stockport, and Wigan to trial a new curriculum designed to make sustained improvement to the lives of young people and their communities by tackling the underlying causes of crime and instilling social empathy. Across the five schools (two primaries, […]
As part of a partnership between Greater Manchester’s Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) and Media Cubs pop-up TV studio and newsroom, Media Cubs mini reporters chatted with Dan Diamond the Partnership Lead at the Greater Manchester VRU to find out what his job entails and what the unit is doing across the region… with some fun […]
Greater Manchester’s Violence Reduction Unit is working with Achieve North West Connect to support people on probation who are at risk of violent or other offending by providing a ‘personal budget’. The ‘personal budget’ is intended to uplift and enhance a service user’s life chances and support them with their employment, education, and training goals. To […]
As part of the ongoing violence reduction campaign, I am greater, three new videos have been launched to inspire young people to be greater than violence. The videos feature young people from across Greater Manchester, including Rachel, a successful radio presenter from Manchester, Ramario an inspirational future music producer from 84YOUTH and Hamelton from Oldham […]
On the 1st December, 21 young people from Oldham College graduated from Street Doctor’s StepWise programme – a six-week youth engagement and education programme that enables young people affected by violence to learn, share, and teach emergency lifesaving skills and find out more about healthcare careers from inspiring role models. The programme at Oldham College […]
Community organisations in Manchester have shared the positive impact of the community alliance and community-led pilot project led by the Violence Reduction Unit on local people. Members of the Manchester community alliance met with the Mayor and Deputy Mayor on Monday 15 November at Hideaway Youth Project in Moss Side, to discuss progress against five […]
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