When we talk about preventing violence, we often talk about systems, interventions, professional practice and evidence. All of these have an important part to play. But there is another kind of knowledge that deserves to be part of the conversation from the beginning: lived experience. It can be easy to think of lived experience as […]
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(Pictured Above) Youth Engagement Officer Robert Dallow presenting The Way We See It to a classroom of secondary school pupils In late 2024, Police Scotland established the Youth Engagement team to create new ways of listening to children and young people, to ensure their experiences shape policing responses to the issues that affect them most.
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Everyone Has A Story was created by a group of young people supported by the Good Shepherd Centre to provide an honest reflection of the consequences, realities and impacts of violence in Scotland. This project was funded by the Binks Hub and was developed in partnership with Braw Talent, Police Scotland’s Youth Engagement team and
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What is the ‘The Way We See It’ project? Blogs The Way We See it: Young People’s Voices at the Heart of Violence Prevention (Pictured Above) Youth Engagement Officer Robert Dallow presenting The Way We See It to a classroom of primary school pupils In late 2024, Police Scotland established the Youth Engagement team to
(Pictured Above) Nicole Savage, Senior Officer in North Lanarkshire Council and Lead in Contextual Safeguarding Implementation “I have a duty to speak the truth as I see it and share not just my triumphs, not just the things that felt good, but the pain. The intense, often unmitigated pain…”Audre Lorde, The Transformation of Silence into Language
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By Jimmy Paul, Head of the Scottish Violence Reduction Unit This week’s release of Scotland’s homicide figures – standing at 43, the lowest homicide level on record in Scotland – gives pause for reflection. It is true that on many metrics, Scotland is safer than it has ever been. But each number represents a life
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What we do The Scottish Violence Reduction Unit (SVRU) believes violence is preventable, not inevitable. We work alongside partners, organisations and communities to fulfil this vision. The SVRU is always looking for new ways of improving the safety and wellbeing of people who live, work and study in Scotland. The SVRU uses a public health
What is the campaign? The 16 Days of Activism against gender-based violence is an annual global campaign beginning on November 25th, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. It runs until December 10th – Human Rights Day. Jimmy Paul, Head of the Scottish Violence Reduction Unit, discusses how vital it is for everyone to
In this guest blog Dr Charlotte Coleman looks at the impact the use of knife imagery in interventions may be having. While well intentioned, she argues, use of such imagery may actually increase knife carrying and negatively affect the mental health of young people. Dr Coleman is a forensic psychologist at Sheffield Hallam University, a
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Hundreds of runners have taken part in a five-kilometre race held in memory of Moira Jones as it returned to Glasgow’s Queen’s Park for the first time since 2019. Moira’s Run brought together runners and walkers, some in fancy dress, from near and far to raise money for the Moira Fund. The charity was established
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