Bedfordshire's Violence and Exploitaiton Reduction Unit Just Drop It

Author name: Chantelle Olaiya

Si Philbert - A&E Navigator St Giles Trust

A&E Navigators scheme sees young people deterred from crime

In a matter of weeks, the scheme has already seen 13 young people receive specialist support from youth workers embedded in A&E departments in the Bedford and Luton & Dunstable hospitals. Funded by the Violence and Exploitation Reduction Unit (VERU) and Office of Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC), the programme aims to act as an …

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Luton Mp Sarah Owen speaking in the house of commons

Just Drop It campaign praised in Parliament

Bedfordshire’s Violence and Exploitation Reduction Unit (VERU) flagship campaign ‘Just Drop It’ has been recognised in the House of Commons as efforts to tackle knife crime continue across the county. Following a meeting with the unit’s Communications Team last month, Luton MPs Sarah Owen and Rachel Hopkins, paid homage to the ground-breaking campaign that launched …

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Education and Diversion Team delivering a Just Drop It presentation

Just Drop It reaches 5,000 Bedfordshire students

More than 5,000 students across 15 schools in Bedfordshire have received assemblies around the devastating impact of knife crime as part of the county’s anti-knife crime campaign ‘Just Drop It’. Endorsed by PCC Akinbusoye, the Bedfordshire’s Violence and Exploitation Reduction Unit (VERU) ‘Just Drop It’ campaign launched in November by sharing the lived experience of …

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