Sceptre – Knife Crime Intensification Week: 19 – 25 May 2025
Today sees the start of Sceptre Week – a national intensification week focusing on knife crime. We, along with our Violence and Vulnerability Partners, have a wide range of activities happening throughout the week to highlight the dangers of carrying a knife. Essex Police are carrying out knife sweeps, retailer engagement and deploying Knife Arches […]
Online violence a reality for Essex Young People
As part of our Listening work, we recently ran a short survey on social media, asking young people about their experience of seeing violence online. A staggering 75% of young people surveyed had seen content of serious violence when on social media channels. Of the 75% of young people who had seen serious violence online, […]
18 organisations to be funded through our 25/26 community grant
Young people in every district and borough across Essex are set to benefit from increased youth provision thanks to the Essex Violence and Vulnerability Unit (VVU) awarding grants totalling more than £307,000 to 18 Essex-based charities. The grants have been given to a wide range of organisations across the county and will enable local charities […]
New films celebrate positive outcomes for young people
We have just released some new films that showcase the variety of support the VVU, its partners, and funded organisations, offer to children, young people and their parents across the county. Using four different films, we show the way young people are supported to turn their lives around or avoid making bad decisions, thanks to […]
Fourteen new bleed kits installed at Essex County Fire and Rescue Service
Fourteen fire stations across Essex will now be equipped with public access bleed prevention kits that will help firefighters, and the public, give injured people better emergency care. The bleed kits will be installed at the following fire stations: Basildon, Braintree, Brentwood, Canvey Island, Chelmsford, Colchester, Waltham Abbey, Harlow, Maldon, Rayleigh, Southend, Clacton, Grays and […]
Crime and Policing Bill
Child criminal exploitation and cuckooing are set to become specific criminal offences as part of legislation currently going through Parliament. The Crime and Policing Bill – which also includes Ronan’s Law which will compel online retailers to alert police to bulk or suspicious sales of knives – is part of the Government’s pledge for safer […]
