We have Home Office funding confirmed until March 2026. Here are some of the projects currently funded by the core funding, and allocation of Serious Violence Duty funding.

Supporting our education across North Somerset, St Giles Trust’s SOS+ project delivers sessions to raise awareness with professionals, parents and young people in relation to knife crime, gangs and violence. The current focus on year 5 and 6 delivery and college pupils.

Working with young people age 16 to 24 years, the Start to Finish worker supports individuals who are already involved in criminality and violence. They are funded by the North Somerset Violence Reduction Partnership and work with young people to establish the root cause of their circumstances and plan to increase their future opportunities.

We regularly lead or support days and weeks of action linked to crime and violence awareness. We work collaboratively with partners and communities to reach as many people as possible, enabling community voices to be heard including within schools and college.

The North Somerset Violence Reduction Partnership are delivering knife crime and knife carrying awareness sessions to secondary school students across our area. We work with Army Reserve medics, Avon Fire and Rescue and colleagues from neighbourhood policing to deliver these sessions.

We are working with community groups to support the development of safe spaces for young people in the Weston-super-Mare area.

This project helps students to build communication and practical skills in repairing a bike. It is staffed by the Violence Reduction Partnership (VRP) and neighbourhood policing staff. The sessions allow for discussions and education with a view to increasing their practical skills in dismantling, repairing and rebuilding bikes, and communication. Schools work with the VRP to identify young people currently on role at their provision, but at risk of exclusion.

If your organisation or community group are interesting in hearing more about opportunities for the North Somerset Violence Reduction Partnership to support or deliver awareness, please do get in contact.