From Evidence to Action: Breaking the Cycle of Violence across Merseyside
Our From Evidence to Action: Breaking the Cycle of Violence across Merseyside conference, hosted jointly with Liverpool John Moores University’s Public Health Institute, showcased how prevention can be delivered at scale across the region.
It focused on bringing partners together to turn years of evidence and insight into coordinated action to create safer communities.
The event at The Spine in Paddington Village, brought together representatives from policing, health, education, local government, youth services and the voluntary sector – all focused on reducing harm and preventing violence before it happens. They were joined by families whose lives have been shattered by gun crime, including Sam Rimmer’s mum Joanne, Ashley Dale’s mum Julie and Olivia Pratt-Korbel’s mum Cheryl.
The conference also see the launch of Merseyside’s new Violence Prevention Strategy, a ten-year blueprint for how organisations across the region will work together to prevent and reduce violence.
At its heart is a clear message: violence is preventable, but only through sustained, collective action.
The strategy sets out a public health approach, focusing on early intervention, support across the life course, and tackling the root causes of violence including trauma, inequality and lack of opportunity. It also reinforces that no single organisation can solve the issue alone, placing partnership working at the centre of delivery.
You can find the dedicated resources from throughout the day below.
Creating safe places: local approaches to preventing violence across Merseyside:
Early intervention: building resiliency and strengthening families
- Building Attachment and Bonds Service (BABs)
- Bringing the outside in: Liverpool’s Prison Family Hub
- From evidence to action: a multi-agency PSHE training approach to reducing weapons and gangs
- One family, one view: transforming support through data integration
Health as a catalyst for violence prevention
Supporting children and families: neurodiversity, safety and healing across systems:
- The making space neurodiversity toolkit
- Growing up with a parent in prison while being neurodiverse: navigating two realities
- CAPVA emerging evidence and opportunities across Merseyside
Early intervention through strong families and safe schools:
- Evaluation of the Fire Champions programme
- From evidence to action: youth-led violence prevention through MVP
- Pol-Ed – a responsive and preventative approach to PSHE through localised data
- Forum theatre providing an evidence-based approach to stronger families and safer schools
Breaking the cycle: pathways to prevent (re)offending
- “They can completely change a life” – evaluation of the Custody Navigators programme
- Merseyside Operation Inclusion deferred prosecution programme
- Thrive – empowering young people through positive pathways
- Young Futures Prevention Partnerships Panels – learning from a pilot in Knowsley and North Liverpool
Videos and conference recordings
Breaking the cycle of violence – plenary session 1
Breaking the cycle of violence – plenary session 3
Breaking the cycle of violence – plenary session 2
Breaking the cycle of violence – plenary session 4
