The public is being urged to surrender any so-called ‘zombie’ knives to designated police stations across Staffordshire as the government looks to launch its national amnesty compensation scheme next week. …
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Earlier this year, the VRA became the accountable body for the delivery of the government’s Serious Violence Duty. Following workshops and interviews with partners, Crest Advisory has assessed the VRA as ‘ready’ to deliver the Duty.
Within the first year of the Safer Places for Women & Girls Charter being launched, 37 businesses and organisations have signed the Charter and made their pledge to help make Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent a safer place.
VRA partners including, the Office of the Police, Fire & Rescue and Crime Commissioner, Staffordshire Police and Staffordshire County Council Children’s Services have worked with the Staffordshire Centre for Data Analytics to bring together an ambitious set of data to help identify children and young adults who are at risk of becoming involved in Serious Violence.
The VRA has worked with Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent’s PSHE Coordinators to produce PSHE resources to encourage primary school children to think about what they should do when faced with different situations.
Children and young people, aged 11 – 25 years old, have shared their perceptions around violence, community safety, social and digital media and violence against women and girls as part of an engagement exercise led by Staffordshire Council of Voluntary Youth Services (SCVYS), on behalf of the VRA.
The number of crimes and incidents reported in Stoke-on-Trent parks has reduced by 38% since the introduction of new initiatives led by the Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Violence Reduction Alliance (VRA) in 2020.
93% children supported demonstrated improvements/maintained changes in relation to behaviour and citizenship. 89% children supported demonstrated improvements/maintained changes in relation to safety and security. 86% children demonstrated improvements/maintained changes in relation to family & other key adults. 86% children demonstrated improvements/maintained changes in relation to Drugs and Alcohol.
Following successful Safer Streets and Safety of Women at Night Commissioner funding bids totalling £850,000, the VRA has made headway in helping to improve the safety of women and girls. The funding has also enabled designated safe places within Hanley, Newcastle-under-Lyme and Stafford to be established.
Conference attendees came together at the VRA conference celebrate partner’s achievements to date, hear from guest speakers and to discuss the next steps for the Alliance.
The public is being urged to surrender any so-called ‘zombie’ knives to designated police stations across Staffordshire as the government looks to launch its national amnesty compensation scheme next week. …
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The Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Violence Reduction Alliance (VRA) has funded two online workshops for parents and carers on gangs, exploitation and knife crime which will be delivered by the Ben …
The Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Violence Reduction Alliance (VRA) has today launched its new local Violence Reduction Strategy which sets out how partners will work together to help prevent and reduce …