Tackling Youth Violence Network

1. Tackling Youth Violence Network 08 February 2019 Youth First, Lewisham

2. Alex Evans Director of Programmes and Partnerships, London Youth

3. Vicky Foxcroft MP MP for Lewisham and Deptford, Chair of the Youth Violence Commission

4. Get in touch • Address: Vicky Foxcroft MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA • Tel: 020 7219 5934 • Email: vicky.foxcroft.mp@parliament.uk • Twitter: @vickyfoxcroft

5. Mervyn Kaye CEO, Youth First

6. Jake Ferguson CEO, Hackney CVS

7. The Violence Reduction Unit - MOPAC What’s the VRU all about and my experiences as a Board member Jake Ferguson Chief Executive Officer, Hackney CVS

8. About Hackney CVS • Established in 1997 as umbrella body for the VCS in Hackney – now largest local infrastructure body in London • Lead a range of programmes working with local VCS providers - including Talentmatch, Connect Hackney, Moving on Up, Tree of Life (Mental heath, strengths & resilience), family support • Stop and Search Monitoring Group – gives voice to young people to influence system change • Part of a large Young Black Men’s Strategic Programme in Hackney, working with Council and partners – long term approach looking at improving outcomes for YBM over long term

10. London Violence Reduction Unit – so far… • Mayor’s Knife Crime Strategy – 2017 • Sophie Linden & Cressida Dick visit to Glasgow – Feb 2018 • Young Londoners Fund consultation events – June 2018 • Matthew Ryder borough SYV visits – summer/ autumn 2018 • Mayor announces Violence Reduction Unit – Sept 2018 • Partnership Reference Group – Oct 2018 • Practitioner workshops – Nov & Dec 2018 • Staff workshop – Dec 2018 • Community Involvement – Dec 2018 & Jan 2019 Amongst conversations with Local Authorities, partners, etc Developing the model, principles, processes….ongoing…… D R A F T

11. A Public Health Approach to Violence • Focussed on a defined population, often with a health risk in common. Connectors could be geography, common experience, diagnosis or demographic characteristics. • With and for communities. Focussed on improving outcomes for communities by listening to them and jointly designing interventions with them • Not constrained by organisational or professional boundaries. People often do not neatly sit within a service user grouping, looking across organisations means that we can look across the system for solutions and not be too narrow in our approach. • Focussed on generating long term as well as short term solutions. Acting on the causes and determinants as well as controlling the immediate impact of the problem. Identifying actions to be taken now to put solutions in place. • Based on data and intelligence to identify the burden on the population, including any inequalities. Analysis of the differences between our population of interest and their peers gets to their real story and the challenges faced. It also tells us about the impact across the system, underlying causes and protective and risk factors. • Rooted in evidence of effectiveness to tackle the problem. Learning, where we can, from the experience of others and evaluating new approaches. This is important so interventions can be replicated if they work or revised if they don’t.

12. VRU – What have we heard so far? • Community at the heart of what we do. • Community in its broadest sense – residents, families, businesses, institutions. Not just the loudest voices or the gatekeepers. • Community and youth involvement at all levels and at all stages. • Decision-making and governance structures relating to the VRU include community and youth voice, consistently. Community engagement needs to be outreach based and integrated with local community partners. • This is not about reinventing services. • we have strong community-based services and excellent practice in London – this is about system change. • The approach needs to be ‘top down and bottom up’ . • the leadership of the Mayor and others, combined with the change from within in communities and services. • It also needs to be ‘sideways along’. • So that every single partner in London agrees that: reduction of violence will be embedded in their practice • - in their own programmes of work • - in how they work with others • - in how they work with the public and communities • Shared accountability. • The VRU will be iterative – we will learn as we go. • Take risks, do things differently. DRAFT

13. VRU – What does this look like in practice? ▫We want to see violence in context, and Londoners’ lives in context. ▫ A public health approach means no more looking at violence as an isolated incident. ▫Every intervention considers the opportunity for improving outcomes for children & young people, families & homes, peers, neighbourhoods & communities, institutions and London as a whole. International & national influences D R A F T City & place Institutions & systems • Responsible evidenced- based leadership; mutual accountability to invest in what works Building a London that is safe, united and inclusive • Learn from and share with the global community to build on what works and improve outcomes for all Communities & Neighbourhoods Enable and Empower to lead from within to build sustainable futures Peers & Friends • Support young people to be the best they can individually and together Families & Home • Support & enable to nurture and protect Children & Young people Reduce Adverse Childhood Experiences Build resilience DRAFT FOR CONSULTATION

14. DRAFT VRU Delivery Model UNDER DEVELOPMENT National context e.g. funding Cross-Party/ political support Policy Makers Government Regulators Business National leverage Big issue resolution Broader issues e.g. School exclusions Task & Finish Task & Finish Task & Finish Task & Finish Task & Finish Task & Finish Pan-London policy Invest/ Empower the LVRUs Mutual accountability VRU Education Health Councils VCS Safeguarding Police Prisons Probation Local Delivery LVRU LVRU LVRU Number - TBC Local commissioning / resolutions Community Involvement LVRU LVRU LVRU Community involvement Community shaping the activity DRAFT

15. VRU – central and local • Central • Lean • Provides regional leadership • Policy development and direction • Enables the local • Provides regional analysis • Challenges national context • Local • Responsive to community issues • Includes local analytical resource • Decision-making and commissioning to include community • Has own budget • Location to be determined D R A F T

16. Community Input • Hackney CVS provided a group of community practitioner and young people to help with recruitment of new BRU Director (former Lambeth Council Leader, Cllr Lib Peck) • As Board member raised issues: need to look at perceptions of young people to violence, role of wider community as champions and delivers, system change in institutions, mental health/trauma, trust in state big issue – board to include 30% community/voluntary sector • Linkage between YLF funded projects, YLF networks, local grassroots, Tackling Violence Network – all key • Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) Community Involvement Meeting - 14 January 2019 - Summary of feedback and key themes

17. Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) Community Involvement Meeting • Trust in institutions • ‘What’s new?’ – addressing scepticism • Consistency / longevity • Young People’s Voice • Involving parents, wider family networks and community • Structure of the VRU; geographical, theme, borough, hyper local – Building on what is already there! • Access and outreach – reach into the wider community; • What’s the role of statutory services? Where are the connections? – Systems Change

18. Thanks for listening Any questions? Jake Ferguson jake@hcvs.org.uk 07960 796072

19. Policy Update Samuel Howell, Policy Officer

20. Updates • Mayor of London: Review of the Gangs Matrix, recommends a “comprehensive overhaul” by 31st December 2019 • Home Office is seeking interest from organisations to run the £200 million Youth Endowment Fund, a 10 year programme to reduce serious offending among young people • The Mayor has announced a £600,000 partnership with Google to tackle youth violence. • The Home Office have announced the 2019/20 funding settlements for policing in the UK, which includes a £970 million increase in spending

21. Updates • Medical research from a London trauma centre on the patterns of stabbings involving young people recommends staggering school leaving times • MOPAC have published their Youth Voice Survey 2018, a survey of 7,832 11-16 year olds by Safer Schools Officers. Of those surveyed, 74% felt safe where they lived. Only 50% had a good opinion of the police and only 29% of those who had reported a crime were happy with how it was dealt with. • The Home Secretary is seeking to amend the Offensive Weapons Bill to include Knife Crime Prevention Orders, ASBO-style orders for young people as young as 12 years old.

22. Our policy work • London VRU • Champion London Youth

23. Policy Advisory Group • We want to put our members at the heart of the policy and media work that we do to best represent you and the youth sector in London. • The support and expertise of our incredibly diverse membership of 450+ youth organisations across London is our biggest strength in making a case for strong and sustainable support for young people. • Sign up here: https://londonyouth.org/policy-reference-group

24. Upcoming consultations • Commons Women & Equalities Committee: Mental Health of Men and Boys Inquiry • Closes: Mon 18 Feb • Department for Education: Out-of-school Settings Voluntary Safeguarding Code of Practice • Closes: Sun 24 Feb • London Assembly Economy Committee: Tackling the Disability Employment Gap • Closes: Mon 4 Mar

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