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Raising Community Awareness

November 18, 2013

We had a fantastic day at the Taunton Christmas Fair on Sunday 17th November. It was extremely cold and by the end of the day we were frozen to the core but it was definitely worth it. We had some great conversations with a variety of members of the community both young and old. We…

Getting Christmassy!

November 24, 2013

Another great day at another festive event in Taunton. Thank you to Think Amy and the Kelsey Cancer Fund for organising the day. There were craft stalls, entertainment and festive cheer not to mention Santa was there! Woohoo!   SAV had a stand selling Christmas cards and raising community awareness. We had some great chats…

Evaluating our impact

December 14, 2013

We have some fantastic news on the research front. After discussions with the fantastic team of researchers at Liverpool John Moores University they have agreed to undertake research with us. LJMU is also part of the Centre for Public Health with a specialism in violence among other issues. They produced a paper called Violent Britain…

O2 UnLtd Higher Award Success

December 20, 2013

SAV has been awarded £8,000 by O2 UnLtd Higher Award programme. This follows on from the success of our involvement with O2's Think Big programme which Adam and SAV has been involved in for the last 2 years. The funding and continued support from both O2 and UnLtd will serve to develop the charity and…

Western Morning News Business Awards 2013 - Plymouth Holiday Inn

December 21, 2013

Written by Caroline Price, SAV Trustee It was a great honour to be nominated again for an award as SAV were highly commended last year for 'Best Not for Profit'. The evening was as opulent and impressive as the previous year at Exeter University. The room was beautifully presented with candelabra's decorating every table lighting…

Statistics, the facts don't lie...or do they

March 1, 2014

Statistics are fantastic. They help us gain a better insight into the state of play, understand if we are headed in the right direction and help us make changes when things are going the wrong way. However can statistics also be 'skewed' to fit what we want to see? Crime figures on the Home Office…

Podio Sponsorship

April 11, 2014

Stand Against Violence is currently expanding. We have recruited new teachers and are developing new resources that will increase our range to cover primary as well as secondary schools.  Marketing campaigns are helping us increase awareness of the services we offer and thus the number of bookings we receive has also increased. We have been…

Prevention is better than cure

April 29, 2014

Running workshops and PSHE programmes around bullying and violence does not indicate that a school has a problem with these issues. Schools should not feel that this is the image they will portray. The recent stabbing of teacher Anne Maguire in Leeds (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-27193638) once again highlights the need for prevention programmes in schools. This school…

Inter-sectoral working in violence prevention

July 10, 2014

Education, health, academics, criminal justice and Government must work together to tackle violence It has been well researched and documented since 1999 but yet health services are still not the main instigators of violence prevention work in the UK. The WHO proposed in 2002 that health services are best placed to implement violence prevention measures…

Real celebrities

July 17, 2014

We always think of celebrities as being someone famous who is well known by many, maybe a music star or film star. Over the years I have had the privileged of meeting some of these celebrities even the Queen! However I have met some individuals in the last couple of years who I have been…
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