London's Violence Reduction Unit
@LDN_VRU
We are a champion and a voice for young people and communities across London.
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Every day, youth workers make a difference. But good youth work cannot be achieved without good youth workers.
We’ve helped nearly 500 youth workers develop leadership skills and confidence.
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💡 #LondonsInclusionCharter , adopted by 24 boroughs so far, works to tackle rising suspensions and persistent absenteeism.
➡️It champions 4 guiding principles of inclusion, supported by a £1.4m investment in @Unicef_uk's Rights Respecting Schools Award: london.gov.uk/programmes-str…
🤝 It's been 1 week since Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan joined us to announce a £14.5m investment in our community-led #MyEnds programme.
🧡 #MyEnds puts communities at the heart of tackling violence and providing opportunities for young people.
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❗ Communities know how to tackle violence in their neighbourhood best.
💡 With record investment from Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, our #MyEnds programme puts local people at the heart of delivering prevention and diversionary work.
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🧡 #MyEnds means community.
🤝Funding from London's Violence Reduction Unit will enable us, @powerthefightuk, XLP, @spark2l & Prof. Carlene Firmin to support local young people in New Cross, Deptford & Turnham to feel safe and able to be the best they can be.
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Last Friday, I visited Brent to announce my £14.5m of funding to expand my London's Violence Reduction Unit's community-led MyEnds programme to tackle violence across London.
📺 Violence is not inevitable, it's preventable.
In his first big announcement of his third term as Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Sadiq Khan sets out his approach to tackle violence by investing in young people and our MyEnds programme.
🧡 Our £14.5m programme puts communities at its heart.
Violence knows no boundary. It’s often concentrated in neighbourhoods and estates, in areas of greatest deprivation and poverty.
With £14.5m investment from Sadiq Khan, our MyEnds programme puts communities at the heart of solutions to tackle violence.
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🤝 Today, we joined the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan Sadiq Khan to launch our new and expanded programme.
💡 We visited one of our new groups in Brent to see how they are using youth work both in hubs and out on the street to divert young people away from violence.
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We are pleased to partnering West Ham United Foundation with funding from London's Violence Reduction Unit to deliver the #MyEnds Programme in the Harts Lane Estate in Barking. Look out for the new 'Winning Harts' programme!
🧡 #MyEnds means community.
🤝Funding from London's Violence Reduction Unit will enable us to support our local young people so that they're safe and able to be the best they can be, free from violence.
👏As a #MyEnds consortium, we will provide detached youth work, mentoring, creative activities and
#MyEnds means community
Funding from London's Violence Reduction Unit will allow us to continue the Gamechangers Consortium in #Southwark to support our local young people so that they're safe & able to be the best they can be free from violence SouthwarkYA's 💙
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Brilliant to see the MyEnds youth safety programme getting bigger in Islington 👏
Our partners Wipers Youth, Jigsaw.gc, ProspeX and Leap Confronting Conflict will be using the funding to empower communities in Finsbury Park to tackle violence...
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Thanks London's Violence Reduction Unit for allowing us to build a strong consortium in #Southwark supporting 40 plus grassroots Orgs, together we are supporting young minds Thanks Southwark Council officers & Cllrs for supporting our work. We will continue to strengthen #MyEnds work over the next few years
Our Experts by Experience met with the London's Violence Reduction Unit Director Lib Peck and Programmes Manager, Arnold Yousaf to advocate for their #EbEManifesto .
The group talked about the importance of investing in community, the impact of new experiences & access to opportunities. #ReshapeRelease