Young Adults Violence Reduction Programme

Tender description

The Young Adults Violence Reduction Programme aims to engage and support young adults age 19 to 25 who are involved in or at risk of criminality and offending lifestyles. This service will deliver intensive wrap around support and facilitate access into a range of services. A key aim will be to support clients immediate and longer term needs to achieve the following outcomes: • Repeat victimisation of the cohort is reduced and clients are supported to live free of violence; • There is a reduction in both the severity and frequency of offending by the cohort; • There is an increase in the cohort accessing and sustaining education, employment, training and positive activities; • Contributes to the Royal Borough’s ambition of a reduction in the recorded volume of knife crime with injury and drug supply offences in the borough; • Increase in positive feelings in clients psychological, emotional and wellbeing • Increase clients participating in positive activities and constructive use of time • Increase in clients accessing substance misuse services