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 […]

Staff at Glasgow Clyde College are undertaking workshops on how to understand the impact trauma can have on the lives of students. The trauma-informed and relationship-based practice sessions aim to enable staff to notice the signs and symptoms of trauma while upskilling them with the tools to deal with stress. It is being delivered by

Responding to the latest Homicide in Scotland 2021 – 2022 figures Will Linden, deputy director of the Scottish Violence Reduction Unit said: “Every life lost to violence is a tragedy and even more so as we know all violence is preventable. The latest homicide figures for Scotland show 53 people lost their lives in 2021

Responding to the latest National Statistics: Recorded Crime in Scotland bulletin for the year ending June 2022, Will Linden, deputy director of the SVRU, said: “The latest figures show Scotland has seen measures of some of the most serious forms of violence significantly reducing with murder and culpable homicide down 23% and serious assault and

Niven Rennie, Director at the SVRU, was recently featured in the Scotland on Sunday as part of a wider investigation looking at the impact of lockdowns on young people. In an op-ed for the paper, he discussed the need for social cohesion and stressed how action needs to be taken now, not later. The piece

At the heart of Natla Jewellery Studio is a vision to provide sanctuary to those in the recovery community in Dundee through craft. It is the brainchild of Stephanie Graham who graduated with a First Class Honours Degree in Jewellery and Metal Design in 2020. She established the More Than Profit mobile studio to make,

Inspector James Gray is the lead for the work of the Scottish Violence Reduction Unit in the east of Scotland covering Edinburgh, the Lothians and Borders, Forth Valley and Fife. With an almost 30-year policing career, he discusses the importance of prevention work while challenging everyone to think about what it is we do to

COMMUNITY NAVIGATOR X 1 YOUTH NAVIGATOR X 1 Glasgow Do you believe in second chances? Do you have the energy and commitment it takes to support someone to turn their life around? Could you help a young person make positive choices and achieve their full potential? Then come and work with us. The team behind

The director of the Scottish Violence Reduction Unit has been given the title of Honorary Professor as part of a new policing research collaboration. Niven Rennie was named one of the ambassadors of the Policing Innovation Enterprise Learning (PIEL) – a new international partnership with the purpose of driving progressive change in policing. PIEL is

Young people living in a community in Ayr are being invited to take part in a photography project to highlight what matters most to them. People in Wallacetown aged between 16 and 25 are being encouraged by researchers to get involved and capture pictures in the area. It is hoped the results from the project