Violence and Vulnerability Community Grant launches
Organisations across Southend, Essex and Thurrock are once again invited to apply for the Violence and Vulnerability Community Grant 2024 – 25 to fund projects that have a positive impact on the issues around serious violence. APPLY NOW Local organisations are at the forefront of some amazing work that seeks to address issues such as […]
PFCC Partnership Conference
The VVU was pleased to be part of the Essex Police, Fire and Crime Commissioners’ Partnership Conference which took place at the Colchester United JobServe Community Stadium last week. The conference welcomed speakers who spoke passionately and eloquently on drug and alcohol support and addiction, domestic violence, knife harm, hearing the voice of young people […]
Westminster Knife Summit
Roger Hirst, PFCC for Essex and Chair of the Violence and Vulnerability Partnership attended a knife summit in Westminster on Thursday 18 May. The summit was hosted by Southend MP Anna Firth, who has been actively campaigning to change the law around sales and possession of zombie knives. Held during knife crime awareness week and […]
Knife Harm Awareness Week and Operation Sceptre
“If there are two things I want people to understand, it’s that not everyone is carrying a knife – not even close – and that you should never think that carrying one is good for protection.” Those are the words of Detective Chief Inspector Ian Hughes, of Essex Police serious violence unit, as a week-long […]
Knife crime and getting stabbed still number one concern for Essex young people
(District, borough, unitary, city breakdown at end of PR) From December 2022 to March 2023 more than 1,560 young people took part in the fourth Essex Violence and Vulnerability Youth Voices Listening Project. Seventy-three youth groups across Southend, Essex and Thurrock asked their young people how safe they feel in their communities with the results […]
Home Office Violence Reduction Unit Evaluation
Last week the VRU (Violence Reduction Unit) national evaluation for 2021/22 was published. This is a report, commissioned by the Home Office, which looks at the impact of the 18 Violent Reduction Units in their first three years. Violence Reduction Units, of which the Essex Violence and Vulnerability Unit is one, have been funded by […]