1. Tackling Youth Violence Network
30 October 2018
Barking & Dagenham

2. Welcome
Rosemary Watt-Wyness, Chief Executive

3. Reducing violence in London
Steve O’Connell AM
Chairman, Police and Crime Committee
London Assembly

4. Your London Assembly Members

5. Susan Hall AM

7. Police and Crime Committee
Examines the work of the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC)
Reviews and comments on the draft Police and Crime Plan and MOPAC’s Annual Report
Investigates ‘any other matters which the Assembly considers to be of importance to policing and crime reduction’

8. Tackling violence Between January 2018 and September 2018
107 homicides, of which 19 were domestic abuse related
1,827 gun crime offences, 313 of which involved a lethal gun being fired
11,000 knife crime offences, of which 3,413 involved an injury
17,949 domestic abuse offences .

9. The committee’s investigation
The causes
Why are people turning to violence?
Short term solutions
Are we dealing the immediate problem working effectively?
Long term solutions
What are the long term and alternative approaches and how could they work in London?

10. Lack of opportunity / aspiration / role models
So far…
Drugs
Gangs
Lack of opportunity / aspiration / role models
Family
Education
Fear
Social Media

11. So far… The short term: Enforcement: Prevention and intervention:
The Met’s Violent Crime Taskforce
Prevention and intervention:
The Young Londoners Fund
The ‘London Needs you Alive’ campaign
The Violence Reduction Unit

12. …question for you:
What do you want a new model for preventing violence to look like?
Can this problem be solved at a pan-London level?

13. How we can work with you
Find out more about the Assembly:
Check out our different investigations – and contribute!
Tell us what you are most concerned about
Get in touch with your local Assembly Member

14. Questions for us?

15. Policy Update
Samuel Howell, Policy Officer

16. Updates
British Youth Council / UK Youth Parliament ballot of over a million young people found knife crime to be the largest issue of concern
Vicky Foxcroft MP: Debate on the role of youth services in tackling violence
First 36 recipients of the Young Londoners Fund announced
Big Lottery Fund have published findings on the role of the voluntary and community sector in preventing serious youth violence
The Ministry of Justice have released a cross-sector Victims Strategy and is consulting on the future of probation services
The Home Office is consulting on extending the police’s ‘stop and search’ powers

17. Budget 2018
No fundamental changes for the youth sector or young people. Austerity isn’t over
Extra investment in social care
£650 million for adult social care, £85 million for children’s social care
Extra investment in physical and mental health
£20 billion for the NHS
£2 billion for mental health, mental health crisis centres, mental health ambulances, crisis hotline

18. London VRU
The Mayor of London announced a London Violence Reduction Unit
Part of MOPAC
£500,000 to establish
Will work with boroughs, the police, local communities, families, the health service and criminal justice agencies

19. Home Office
‘Public health approach’ ( secretary-announces-new-measures-to-tackle- serious-violence)
Youth Endowment Fund
£200 million over 10 years
Focus on ‘most at risk’ year olds
Build evidence for early intervention
Consultation on new legal duty to prevent violent crime
Independent review of drug misuse
Serious Violence Strategy ( government-serious-violence-strategy/)

20. Statutory youth service
Labour Party are consulting on Building a Statutory Youth Service
Closes 12 November
to be involved in London Youth’s response

21. Session:
The role of the youth sector in the public health approach to youth violence in London
Samuel Howell, Policy Officer

22. What are we trying to achieve?
There have been large changes announced in the response to youth violence.
We want to:
Support real change for young people in London
For the youth sector to have a voice on a public health approach
State the importance of youth work in tackling youth violence, particularly the need for universal, open access youth provision alongside a public health approach

23. What is a public health approach?
World Health Organisation
The public health approach to violence prevention seeks to improve the health and safety of all individuals by addressing underlying risk factors that increase the likelihood that an individual will become a victim or a perpetrator of violence.

24. What is a public health approach?
Treating violence as a preventable disease and the response as a public health issue
Multi agency collaboration
Long term
Early intervention
Focus on complex root causes of violence

25. Scottish VRU
Started as part of Strathclyde Police in 2005, from supported across Scotland by the Scottish Government
Over a decade, the murder rate and hospital admissions have dropped dramatically
Focus on changing societal attitudes towards alcohol, domestic violence, and carrying weapons

26. Youth Violence Commission
Interim Report (July 2018), final report expected
Causes of violence:
Childhood trauma, undiagnosed and untreated mental health issues, inadequate state provision, deficient parental support, poverty and social inequality, as well as austerity, the financial climate, and lack of trust between police and some communities

27. Youth Violence Commission
Recommendations:
Developing a national Public Health Model
A focus on early years and early intervention
Fundamental reform of youth services
Boosting support in schools
Increasing employment opportunities
Investment in community policing and review of drugs approach

28. Are we there yet?
The announcements by the Mayor and Home Secretary are large steps in the right direction
A lot more work needs to be done
London’s problems are unique

29. Questions
What does a public health approach mean for the youth sector?
How could you or your organisation support a public health approach in London?
What should our message to the Mayor of London and the Home Secretary be?

30. Your priorities
Please fill in the forms on your table. We want to know:
Do you want to sign an open letter on the public health approach?
What are the top 3 most important points for the network to make?

31. Thank you Contact: Nicole.Bristol-Robinson@londonyouth.org
Next meeting:
January 2019, Lewisham TBC