This session sets out a London vision for prevention that builds on progress made through prevention following sustained reductions in homicides, knife crime and violence in the capital. It will look forward to the next 10 years, learning what works, demonstrating the critical need to invest in prevention and the challenges facing young people.
Q&A session involving Lib Peck and the VRU’s Young People’s Action Group
This session will explore the vital role of a trusted adult in all places and spaces. A panel of experts will explore the role of support both at home and in the community, and the impact locally, regionally and nationally.
Panel discussion facilitated by Derren Hayes, CYP Now with contributions from:
• Tsion Martins, Bridge the Gap Studios
• Sammy Odoi, MyEnds Islington
• Damian Dallimore, Director, Manchester VRU
• Amy Buxton-Jennings, Corporate Director of Strategy and Change, Waltham Forest Council
BREAKOUT SESSIONS: How do we solve long-standing problems hampering violence prevention? (choose 1A, 1B or 1C)
This session sets out the key relationships and ingredients for effective place-based strategies.
• Emily Bolton, Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Our Future in Grimsby
This session considers how to achieve effective join up between local, regional and national approaches that prioritises place.
This session looks at the role evidence can play in measuring the impact of interventions and helping organisations to make the case for long-term investment.
• Tom Davies, Head of Research, Monitoring and Evaluation, London VRU
Evidence shows the importance of keeping children in school as a protective factor in violence prevention. London has led the way in a fragmented system and influenced national policy. This panel discussion led by London VRU senior manager CJ Burge, explores the challenges that exist and what actions have the greatest impact in schools.
With contributions from:
• Dr. Kulvarn Atwal, Executive Headteacher of Highlands Primary School and Uphall Primary School in the London Borough of Redbridge
• Anna Kettley, chief influence and impact officer at UNICEF UK
• Warda Farah, Speech and Language Therapist, Writer and Lecturer
• Representative from the Department for Education (invited)
With the drivers of violence - poverty, racism and inequality – enduring, how are they evolving in the threats they pose and how should we adapt prevention so it continues to intervene at critical moments? This session will have a particular focus on online harms including risk transmission from the virtual to physical world, the role of social media and the impact of AI.
Key findings and emerging challenges through VRU’s new online to offline research: Aibek Iliasov, M&C Saatchi, senior director of research, monitoring and evaluation at M&C Saatchi
National perspective, risks and solutions: the NSPCC
BREAKOUT SESSIONS: Exploring challenges linked to future threats (choose 2A, 2B or 2C)
How can we harness young people’s voices and lived experiences to shape our response to online harms?
- Childnet and Young People
How can youth workers build skills to best engage and support young people online?
• TBC
How do we shape better influences for young people across online and offline spaces?
- Dan Guinness, Managing Director of Beyond Equality