Youth Voice Day 2024
We want to say a huge thank you to everyone who took part in Essex Youth Voice Day 2024. Young People from across Southend, Essex and Thurrock gathered together at Anglia Ruskin University on Saturday 12 October to take part in this really special day. Organised by Essex Council for Voluntary Youth Services and Essex […]
Ready, Respect, Safe Week at Chelmsford College
The VVU took time out last week to visit Chelmsford College’s Ready, Respect, Safe Week, which evolved from the PRISE (Prepare, Respect, Inspire, Safe, Engage) Week the college ran in 2023. Ready, Respect, Safe, is a week that sits alongside the college’s regular timetabled learning, but their life skills classes are taken over by guest […]
Bringing together all Violence Reduction Units
Last week members of the VVU attended a two-day event in Reading with the Home Office and hosted by Thames Valley Violence Reduction Partnership. The event bought together all the 22 Violence Reduction Units (of which Essex VVU is one). The first day was focused on working with our Home Office partners on the Serious […]
