The VVU turns Ultimate Ninja
Last week members of the VVU visited Ultimate Ninja in Colchester to meet some of the providers working across Essex, who use sport and physical activity to divert young people away from youth crime and violence. The event, hosted by the Active Essex Foundation, included inputs about the evidence and research that shows the impact […]
Youth voices project now live
We are really pleased to be working with Essex Council of Voluntary Youth Services (ECVYS) on the new Youth Voices Project. This helps inform us of the issues and concerns affecting young people across Essex. The results of the youth voices project, married with the VVU business case and priorities for work, help us direct […]
New – yes NEW! – secondary prevention fund open NOW!
We have just launched our secondary prevention workstream fund for 2023-24. This is an exciting new fund from the VVU, with a potential pot of £380, 000 to support and provide interventions for children, young people and families who are at risk of being involved in criminality and exploitation through factors that make them more […]
Youth Voice Conference
At the end of October more than 100 young people, youth workers, police officers, voluntary sector organisations and influential people came together to listen to young people’s thoughts and views about safety in our Essex communities. With the aim to listen and learn from our young people. Young people and their voices were at the […]
Community Grants launched for 2023 delivery
We have launched our Community Grants fund for 2022 – 2024. As a partnership, our goal is to reduce serious violence, the harm it causes, and to safeguard those at risk, specifically relating to county lines, gangs and knife crime. Local organisations do some amazing work that addresses these issues and the grant fund is […]
Essex Countywide Violence and Vulnerability Unit is recruiting – come and join our team! July 2022
This an exciting opportunity for anyone passionate and motivated about transforming the way Serious Violence is addressed. Essex is one of twenty areas that have secured funding from the Home Office to develop a Violence Reduction Unit (VRU). The Essex VRU (known as the Violence & Vulnerability Unit) has been established to collaborate across organisational […]
