Turning lives around at the U-Turn hub
One of the projects the VVU helps fund is the U-Turn hub based in Clacton. The U-Turn hub is a project that supports young people to improve confidence, address behaviour challenges and improve social and emotional skills. The hub launched in October 2020 and since then 50 young people aged 11 to 16 – identified […]
Being Inspired in Thurrock (Summer 2020)
Thurrock’s group mentoring project, building on V&V funded work from 2019, delivered a successful group mentoring project in summer 2020 run by mentors within the Youth and Outdoor Education Team of Inspire. (Thurrock Council Youth Service).
Youth Service Hospital Project (Spring 2020 onwards)
The initial aim of the Youth Service Hospital Project was to engage with young people attending A&E who presented as being a victim or perpetrator of violence. The youth service would then seek to provide appropriate support and / or signpost to other activities and services.
HM Prison Chelmsford: Finding Rhythms project (March 2020)
The HM Prison Chelmsford Finding Rhythms project looks to work with young men to address their offending behaviour through the written word and music.
Grants awarded from V&V funds during 2020/21 to local, small charities and not for profit organisations
We have been able to support many projects with extra funding during 2020/21. See the list of projects and the type of support provided.
Essex Problem Profile
Within Essex, community violence, 88.5% of all harm caused by suspects was attributable to 10% of all suspects; these results strongly support the conclusion that a very small number of individuals account for most of the harm. We are working to understand more about these individuals – often referred to as ‘Power Few’.
