Volunteers will be working in the Royal Berkshire Hospital Emergency Department, offering mentoring support to young people admitted in circumstances involving risky behaviours.
The Youth Endowment Fund Toolkit summarises the best available research evidence about different approaches to preventing serious youth violence.
The National Youth Agency Safeguarding and Risk Management Hub (The Hub) is a freely accessible online resource providing guidance, support, advice and access to training resources in relation to safeguarding and risk management for organisations and individuals working with young people.
In the latest VRU blog, Matthew Van Poortvliet, Director of Evidence and Understanding at the Youth Endowment Fund introduces the YEF intervention evidence toolkit, helping to summarise available evidence as to what works in preventing youth violence.
The RAW Navigator Scheme offers children intensive one to one mentoring by a social worker to encourage and arrange positive alternative activities and access to additional support.
The latest TV VRU blog has been published. Our guest, Anne Bell of the PSHE Association discusses the importance of wider education for
This latest blog by Anne Bell of the PSHE Association discusses the development of new resources for schools to explore the issue of drugs and violence with young people.
TVVRU have partnered with PSHE Assoc and NPCC to produced quality assured PSHE materials
Kit Malthouse MP, Minister of State for Crime & Policing, visited the Thames Valley on Friday 21 May to learn more about our work.
The latest TV VRU blog has been published. Our guest, Dr Katy Smart of the University of Oxford explores the importance of early-years brain development and the impact of trauma and stress, having profound impacts on mental and physical health.
This guest blog by Dr Katy Smart of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Oxford explores the importance of early-years brain development and the impact of trauma and stress, having profound impacts on mental and physical health.
Stan Gilmour, Director of the Thames Valley Violence Reduction Unit welcomes the latest results following Operation Sceptre, the national week of action to tackle knife crime.