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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The family of a man who was stabbed to death in a Bedford park have shared their story as part of our #JustDropIt Campaign.
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 …
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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Specialist youth workers are to be embedded into hospital A&Es across Bedfordshire to offer support to patients involved in or at risk of violence and exploitation
The Premier League side have organised a series of activities to show their support for the Just Drop It campaign
A major new network of community groups and organisations has been launched to bring a collective effort to tackle the violence and exploitation of young people in Bedfordshire.
Just Drop It seeks to shine a light on the ripple effect of knife crime through families and communities, aiming to deter young people from carrying or ever using a blade.
Roseann Taylor and Si Philli took part in an hour long podcast with young radio hosts from Att10tive to talk about the work of the VERU, our Just Drop It campaign and issues like knife crime and child criminal exploitation more widely.
Around 160 young people took part in a community football tournament aimed at building better relationships between the police and the community. Wednesday’s (31 May) event saw 160 young people descend on Lea Manor playing grounds to take part in the event led by the county’s Violence and Exploitation Reduction Unit (VERU). Tasha Case, the …
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