Visiting Youth Services in Basildon: Feb 2022
Police Fire and Crime Commissioner for Essex, Roger Hirst and Cllr Louise McKinlay, Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Community, Equality, Partnerships and Performance at Essex County Council visited the Basildon Hub of Essex Youth Service on Monday. Essex Youth Service is an informal education, social and personal development service that supports young people across […]
Southend on Sea Youth Council launch anti-knife crime campaign: Jan 2022
Southend on Sea youth council have launched an anti-knife campaign with a knife prevention video “Lives Over Knives” at the heart of its campaign messaging. Funded by the VVU, the film is the centrepiece of the Youth Council’s knife crime prevention campaign which has been in planning since winter 2019. The campaign was motivated by […]
Christmas comes early for Essex not for profit groups
Organisations across the county are today welcoming good news from the Essex Violence and Vulnerability Unit (VVU) as the VVU confirms the recipients of its community grant programme. Over 50 applications were received and after evaluation 20 organisations were awarded a combined total of £370,499. The calibre of applications was so high, and the need […]
Statement on the government’s 10 year drug strategy: December 2021
Roger Hirst, Police and Crime Commissioner for Essex, speaking on behalf of the Violence and Vulnerability Partnership said: “We welcome the government announcement that tougher measures will be introduced for those who support and fuel the County Lines drug trade that exploits our vulnerable children and people. “We welcome the recognition that we need to […]
Violence and Vulnerability Community Safety (VVCS) Grant now open
The Violence and Vulnerability Unit (VVU) are delighted to announce that the new Violence & Vulnerability Community Safety (VVCS) Grant 2021-2023 is now open for applications. As a partnership, the strategic goal of the V&V Partnership is to reduce serious violence, the harm it causes, and to safeguard those at risk (relating to county lines, […]
Gang activity doesn’t stop over summer: July 2021
School’s out for summer and as restrictions relax and children have more free time it’s important for parents to remain interested and curious about where their children are and who they are hanging out with. For County Lines gangs the summer holidays give the opportunity to recruit new children into their drug dealing network; children […]
