Our latest blog post delves into the newest research from the Thames Valley Violence Prevention Partnership’s “What Works” series.
Our randomised control trial of a Focused Deterrence approach, conducted in Milton Keynes, aimed to address this need by delivering person-centred problem-solving alongside a procedurally-just police response.
The recordings of three VPP What Works webinars are now available to watch online, sharing recent intervention evaluations and research. Each webinar accompanies a full report and presentation slide deck.
An inspiring new art work has been created and installed at The Langley Academy school in Slough, part of a new initiative being offered to secondary schools in the town aiming to promote safety and prevent knife crime.
Parents across the Thames Valley are being offered free, online information sessions to raise awareness of the risks of knife crime and help them to support their children to stay safe.
The Thames Valley Violence Prevention Partnership is hosting three open-to-all and free to access online webinars which will share the key findings, learning and next steps from recent VPP intervention evaluations and research activity.
The VPP has recently completed a review of available academic literature to gather evidence on what works and what is ineffective when implementing and delivering mentoring approaches with young people to help them engage with education, employment and training.
A new evaluation report on an intervention to reduce school exclusions has been published, showing positive results with fewer suspensions and improved health and wellbeing scores for students.
A new evaluation of an innovative youth intervention called Focused Deterrence show very positive impact on levels of knife crime and the severity of offending.
The VPP is providing free training on child exploitation to professionals from across West Berkshire.
With the pre-election period and its restrictions now over, the VPP has published three new reports summarising progress and activity for the year ahead.
Jules Bottazzi, Head of the Thames Valley Violence Prevention Partnership has received Public Protection & Safeguarding Programme accreditation.