Category: Children and young people

Violence, misogyny and young people: a public health perspective 

The crisis: gender-based violence, misogyny and young people  Violence against women and girls (VAWG) has reached ‘epidemic’ levels in England and Wales according to the NPCC and College of Policing. Familiar stories and figures about the prevalence of domestic abuse and sexual violence circulate, while the police suggest that “nobody” fully understands the scale and impact. Recent evidence suggests that young people in the […]

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Event Report: UK Poverty 2025 Launch Webinar

Event Report: UK Poverty 2025 Launch Webinar The Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) hosted a pivotal webinar to launch its UK Poverty 2025 report, offering a stark analysis of poverty trends and systemic challenges in the UK. As a data-driven research consultant at Rocket Science consultancy, I attended this crucial event to deepen our understanding of inequality in […]

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Online Harms

Evaluation of the education pilot for West Yorkshire Combined Authority Violence Reduction Partnership The latest report has been released after a pilot project in Bradford focusing on online harms, education and support. “If you post something it’ll never be deleted. It can be on someone’s phone. Someone could have saved it. You can’t control what […]

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Insights from three of our impact partners

Insights from three of our impact partners On September 25th we debuted a bright new London office at Impact Hub Euston, located in the heart of the city. We invited members of our network to come down and explore the workspace, celebrating all we do together and hope to do in the future. In addition […]

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New grants are available now through the Go! London Foundation fund! 

New grants are available now through the Go! London Foundation fund!  The Go! London Foundation grants of up to £40,000 are dedicated to boosting support and sustainability. They fund initiatives that improve access to sport and physical activity for young people from lower income households, amplify positive social outcomes of these activities, as well as […]

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Innovation Fund 2023-25

The programme, funded by the Violence Reduction Unit is delivered by Rocket Science with capacity building support from Action for Race Equity (ARE) Read on to find out more and how to apply. Who is the Programme for? London’s Violence Reduction Unit is committed to encouraging creativity, experimentation and investing in community-led solutions to addressing […]

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Working with London VRU to deliver £1.9m of grant funding

Working with London Violence Reduction Unit to deliver £1.9m of grant funding The Stronger Futures Programme enables community-led groups to support vulnerable 10-18-year-old Londoners by providing opportunities and support in the hours following school, as well as at weekends in some cases. It has invested £1.9m across 18 projects across London with grants of £40,000-£100,000pa.  […]

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Education research breaking new ground

Education research breaking new ground The West Yorkshire Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) is paving the way for new approaches that keep young people in education and away from harm. We were commissioned to undertake research around school absence, exclusion, special education needs (SEN) and/or neurodiversity. Neurodiversity describes the idea that people experience and interact with the world […]

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