Last week, leaders from across youth justice, health, education, and local government gathered to celebrate the outcomes of SHiFT Manchester and launch the partnership’s second Programme. SHiFT Manchester is a partnership between SHiFT and Greater Manchester Combined Authority, Greater Manchester Violence Reduction Unit, and Manchester City Council. The event spotlighted the power of consistent, trusting […]
National charity, SHiFT, has released a report showing the success of its programme based in Tameside, part-funded by Greater Manchester’s Violence Reduction Unit (VRU). Known as SHiFT Tameside, the programme has reduced school suspensions and exclusions amongst its participants by over 60% and reduced their proven offences by over 20%. The Mayor of Greater Manchester […]
A mentoring programme for victims of violence based in four of Greater Manchester’s hospitals has led to a reduction in violent experiences in its first two years The programme has since been scaled up with community and custody referral routes now live The findings come from an independent evaluation by Crime and Well-Being Big Data […]
Young people’s views on gender-based violence and child exploitation in Greater Manchester will inform a national report about how to make society a fairer and safer place. The ‘Reimagined Manifesto’, created by organisation, The Hope Collective, will be published in December and aims to drive change by influencing key-decision makers in Government. Key themes emerging […]
More than 3,000 school children and members of the public across Greater Manchester have been taught vital skills around how to recognise and stop life-threatening bleeds. ‘Stop the Bleed Day’ is an annual initiative created in partnership between Greater Manchester’s Violence Reduction Unit and charity, citizenAID. Since the pilot in 2023, schools across the city-region […]
An innovative scheme that uses one-to-one bespoke support to help transform the lives of vulnerable young people caught up in or at risk of crime and steer them towards the right track, is coming to Manchester. Manchester city council is teaming up with national charity SHiFT and Greater Manchester’s Violence Reduction Unit to provide intensive […]
Community-led programmes supporting young people launched in Wigan and Tameside Grants of £100,000 awarded to VCSE organisations in both areas to provide safe spaces for young people and families and boost local pride in communities Wigan and Tameside are the latest boroughs to receive funding from Greater Manchester’s Violence Reduction Unit COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS supporting young […]
AN INNOVATIVE scheme designed to prevent vulnerable young people’s futures being ruined by crime is transforming lives in Tameside. A report shows that since SHiFT Tameside was launched in December 2022 there have been reductions in the young people involved committing offences and going missing and improved school attendance. The scheme is a collaboration between […]
The Greater than Violence Strategy is a 10-year commitment to reduce violence and improve the lives of young people and families across the city-region. The strategy marks a significant milestone in Greater Manchester’s commitment to creating safer communities. It was developed by the Mayor and Deputy Mayor of Greater Manchester and Greater Manchester Violence Reduction […]
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