Projects You Decide Team What do the You Decide Team do? The YDT support people to create healthier and safer lives. We provide practical support helping people navigate a sometimes confusing system to find the right services, organisations and benefits for them. Just as importantly though we also provide emotional support ensuring there’s someone there […]
Projects Teamwork At the SVRU we’re all about teamwork. From youth projects and schools to the NHS, prison service, government at every level and most importantly communities we look for opportunities to support and learn from others. Here’s just some of the inspiring work we’re proud to be involved with around Scotland: The Crib is
Projects One Community Scotland What do One Community Scotland do? One Community Scotland (OCS) offer support to young people and families who are new to the country. The award-winning charity’s aim is to help those from a diverse background overcome barriers and reach their potential as they create a life in Scotland. OCS can provide support
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Who are we? Part of Police Scotland and directly funded by the Scottish Government with an annual budget of around £1million, the SVRU works to identify innovative, evidence-based solutions to violence. Our team is made up of police officers, civilian police staff and people who are experts by experience. We work closely with colleagues and
Research Hub Research is key to a public health approach to violence prevention. From correctly identifying the issues, through to establishing effective interventions and evaluating what does and does not work to make Scotland safer. In this section you’ll find new research and reports, a range of SVRU resources and evaluations of our work, an
Contact us Jimmy Paul Head of Scottish Violence Reduction Unit T | 01786 896796 E | violence.reduction@scotland.police.uk More about Jimmy Paul Appointed in September 2023, Jimmy joined the SVRU following a career managing health and social care services, leading in care reform in Scotland, and as director of a charitable organisation working towards creating a
Projects The SVRU are always looking for new ways of improving the safety and well-being of people who live, work and study in Scotland. as part of our work we look to develop projects with partners around the country which test new evidence – based initiatives. Here are some of our latest projects and partnerships…
In this guest blog Professor Susan McVie looks at the remarkable drop in violence among young people in Scotland over two decades. The blog first appeared at www.changingviolence.org and is reproduced here with Prof McVie’s permission. Over the last twenty years, Scotland’s success in reducing violence has been attributed to many factors, but one thing
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Violence is preventable The Scottish Violence Reduction Unit is a national centre of expertise on violence. Using a public health approach, the SVRU looks to identify, understand and address the underlying causes of violence. Find out more about the SVRU… Projects Find out more about SVRU projects News Find more SVRU news You Decide Team
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.