Supporting primary school children to stay safe online (Dec 2022)
As part of supporting schools with safety messages, the VVU recently supported Thurrock Community Safety Partnership and Thurrock Local Safeguarding Children’s Partnership to fund a series of roadshows for Y5 and Y6 school children on how to stay safe online. In three days more than 2,000 Thurrock school children took part in an interactive presentation […]
Support for survivors of sexual violence
CARA (Centre for Action on Rape and Abuse) provide a range of specialist services to victims and survivors of any kind of sexual violence, working with people of all ages and all genders. The VVU support CARA through our community grant fund, helping increase counselling for young people who have been victims of sexual […]
October 2022: County Lines lesson plans
Following the success of our campaign to raise awareness of the dangers of County Lines, and the ways young people can become involved, we have produced three lesson plans for use in secondary school settings. The lesson plans should be used sequentially and discuss the psychology of decision making and influence, the importance of a […]
Extra support for our Essex families (October 2022)
The Violence and Vulnerability Unit has, for the last academic year, funded two Team Around the Family Support Officers (TAFSOs) after the Vulnerable School’s Index highlighted two geographical locations where a specific place based TAFSO would have the greatest impact. The role of a TAFSO is to provide support to any professional in Essex who […]
Summer holiday activity club fun
On a sunny August morning during the school holiday, we popped along to Briscoe Primary School in Basildon to see the ATF holiday activity club in action. We were greeted by 70 smiling faces, a sea of noise and an amazing combination of activities for the children to try. The activity club runs through the […]
Learn about detached youth work (Sept 2022)
We spent some time with Bar ‘n’ bus who lead detached youth work in Basildon. Detached youth workers spend time in the places young people hang out in order to get to know and form relationships with these young people. This form of youth work means the youth workers can engage with young people who […]
