All partners are invited to join an online […]
Over 200 school children from 20 schools across Buckinghamshire participated in the “Youth Voices Bucks” youth summit on Thursday 23 February.
Oxford Brookes University has been commissioned by the […]
The VRU’s Trauma Informed Practice Special Interest Group (SIG) met yesterday, bringing together professionals who are engaged in or working toward improving trauma informed practice.
Marking the Day of Hope 2022, we look back on hosting the very first Hope Hack event in March earlier this year.
Young people from across Oxfordshire took part in the first data ethics deliberative forum, helping to shape the way the police use data to prevent violence.
On a visit to the Thames Valley yesterday (31 August), the Prime Minster Boris Johnson and Home Secretary Priti Patel were given a demonstration of new technology developed by the Violence Reduction Unit to support policing of violence hotspots.
Officers and staff from the Thames Valley Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) have launched a week of problem-solving activity focused on tackling hotspots for violence in two areas of Oxford and Slough. Operation Pacation – defined as ‘the act of making peace’ – involves a range of partners working together to identify and solve problems to make a local area safer.
The VRU Strategy Board is the most senior partnership meeting, which met today to discuss the proposed areas of investment for next year’s budget and delivery plan.
A further £7m funding to tackle serious violence has been announced by the Home Office today.
Members of the public from the Chalvey area of Slough are invited to attend a facilitated community engagement event to discuss how to make a safer community and to identify solutions to local issues.
The latest of the VRU Violence Involving those Identifying as Women And Girls Special Interest Group meeting was held last week, with a broad range of presenters and attendees.