WYCOMBE YOUTH ACTION

Knife Crime Prevention Project

Weston Youth Grant

The funding will be used to deliver a preventative programme of activities and engagement for young people with a particular focus on the topics of knife crime anti-social behaviour criminal activity and gang culture. The project aims to equip young ....more

The funding will be used to deliver a preventative programme of activities and engagement for young people with a particular focus on the topics of knife crime anti-social behaviour criminal activity and gang culture. The project aims to equip young people with life-skills helping to divert them from potential engagement in negative behaviour.

Support for Wycombe Youth Action's running costs for two months ensuring continuity of their projects and mentoring with vulnerable young people.

Child Exploitation Prevention and Victim Programme

Improving support for disadvantaged children and young people

The project will use funding to address and prevent youth violence and gang involvement by reducing social exclusion, supporting youth volunteering, and educational, social and personal development needs.

We want to provide an afternoon drop-in service, twice a week, assisting young people with CVs and employment advice.

Child Sexual Exploitation Prevention Programme

Knife Crime and Youth Violence prevention

The funding will be used to run a knife crime and youth violence prevention programme over 12 months for young people at risk of leaving mainstream education and/or support services. The project aims to give young people the tools to develop ways to ....more

The funding will be used to run a knife crime and youth violence prevention programme over 12 months for young people at risk of leaving mainstream education and/or support services. The project aims to give young people the tools to develop ways to understand and manage issues of youth violence, knife crime and grooming. This will take place through workshops, one to one mentoring and skills building sessions.

The fund was set up in 2017/18 to support community projects which reduce knife crime and have a positive impact on young people at risk of carrying a knife and committing crime. The fund was open to voluntary and community sector groups and the ....more

The fund was set up in 2017/18 to support community projects which reduce knife crime and have a positive impact on young people at risk of carrying a knife and committing crime. The fund was open to voluntary and community sector groups and the Home Office made up to £800,000 available in 2017 to 2018.A second round of the fund was announced in the Serious Violence Strategy, launched by the Home Secretary on 9 April 2018.In 2018/19 were are increasing this fund to £1.56 million pound for 68 projects.

The fund has been set up to support community projects which reduce knife crime and have a positive impact on young people at risk of carrying a knife and committing crime. Bids have been assessed on the extent to which they provide value for money ....more

The fund has been set up to support community projects which reduce knife crime and have a positive impact on young people at risk of carrying a knife and committing crime. Bids have been assessed on the extent to which they provide value for money and demonstrate, based on their understanding of knife crime in the local area, that they will achieve at least one of the following key aims:Â? Prevent young people from becoming involved in carrying a knifeÂ? Respond to knife crime in our communitiesÂ? Improve support for knife crime offenders and offer an effective exit strategyÂ? Increase reporting of knife carryingÂ? Help young people to deal with conflict without resorting to violenceÂ? Support the siblings of young people involved in or at risk of involvement in knife violenceÂ? Build our understanding of the drivers behind knife crimeÂ? Build our understanding of how to prevent young people from carrying knives