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WHAT WORKS TO PREVENT YOUTH VIOLENCE – A NEW REPORT

From mentoring to parenting training and out of school activities a new report looks at the evidence of what works to reduce youth violence. With the pandemic likely to increase the risk factors for youth violence, the report highlights the urgent need to understand which strategies offer the best options for prevention. ‘What Works to

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A BRIEF GUIDE TO ACES AND THE TOOLS TO HELP

Frontline health and social care workers often encounter people who have experienced significant trauma throughout their lives. In this session SVRU project manager and psychotherapist Kirsty Giles introduces the concept of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and the impact they can have on individuals. She also looks at some of the tools which can be used

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Knifepoint

Young writer Jessica Tunks picked up a senior 2020 Orwell Youth Prize for her essay Knifepoint this year. In the piece Jessica looks into some of the possible causes of violent crime among young people in her area and what she believes can be done to prevent it. Discussing both the causes and solutions to

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COMMUNITY CAMPAIGNER RECEIVES ROYAL RECOGNITION

The driving force behind One Community Scotland has been awarded an MBE in the 2020 Queen’s Birthday Honours.  Khadija Coll, who manages the charity has been made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in recognition for her gender rights campaigning and tireless work supporting ‘New Scots’.  The honours are usually announced in

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RECORDED CRIME IN SCOTLAND 2019-20 STATEMENT – SVRU

Commenting on the latest ‘Recorded Crime in Scotland 2019 – 20’ figures, Will Linden, the Deputy Director of the Scottish Violence Reduction Unit, said: “Scotland has made real progress in reducing the violence infecting our communities with a 42% reduction in non-sexual crimes of violence since 2002-03. These latest figures show further progress with a

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BBC One’s Panorama – How Scotland Cut Violent Crime

We have been speaking with BBC One’s Panorama programme about how Scotland cut violent crime. I want to take this opportunity to underline that the advances Scotland has made in respect of our violence journey has involved numerous agencies. We need to offer thanks and recognition to all the partners and individuals who have been

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Niven Rennie

Director

Telephone: 01786 896785          Email: violence.reduction@scotland.pnn.police.uk

Niven has more than 30 years of operational policing experience in the United Kingdom. He joined Strathclyde Police in 1985 serving throughout the west of Scotland in a variety of ranks and positions before progressing to the rank of Chief Superintendent. Niven previously held the role of President of the Association of Scottish Police Superintendents where he represented the interests of the operational leaders of policing in Scotland.

On leaving Police Scotland in 2016 Niven took up the position of Chief Executive Officer of South Ayrshire Escape from Homelessness (SeAscape).

Niven was appointed director of the Scottish Violence Reduction Unit in July 2018.