Brunel Univeristy Violence Prevention Conference
May 27, 2015
By Adam Fouracre. On Friday 22nd May I had the pleasure of presenting at a conference on youth violence at Brunel University. As a nurse I was excited at the fact it was in the Mary Seacole centre for a start but the fact that it was one of the most directly relevant conferences…
Share your story
May 12, 2015
We are asking for people who have been involved in or been victims of violence to share their story with us. National data around violence is sketchy at best. Much of UK violence is unreported to police. How many incidents are reported in the media versus how many make it through to a conviction with…
IDN support SAV
May 12, 2015
Integrated Data Needs (IDN) have just adopted Stand Against Violence as one of their supported charities. IDN are the third company to sponsor Stand Against Violence and their support to the charity will include promotional activities within schools, support with IT and SAV's forthcoming conference and opening doors to educational networks. IDN are based in…
Games technology students tackle violence prevention
May 2, 2015
Today (28th April) Somerset College students took up the challenge to develop a unique game that will tackle the issues and perceptions around violence. The project was developed between Somerset College Computer Games Technology course students and Stand Against Violence. The game project aims to provide the students with the work experience which is…
Taunton business ladies go red for Stand Against Violence
April 24, 2015
OVER 50 business ladies from across Taunton turned up today (April 23) to raise awareness and funds for local charity Stand Against Violence (SAV). The event called on business ladies to wear red shoes, lipstick and clothes to raise awareness of the charity’s work on violence prevention. It is just one of many fundraising…
Job description: Teacher
April 18, 2015
SAV is recruiting teachers to deliver our educational workshops in England and Wales. We are looking for freelance/self employed teachers but are happy to consider PAYE on a zero hours contract. The teaching role is critical to our work. You should have teaching experience and relevant qualifications, be comfortable teaching emotive subject matter and preferably some…
Evaluation proves SAV is having a significant impact on violence
February 3, 2015
Today we see the release of our long awaited evaluation. Over the last 6 months we have been working with the Centre for Public Health (CPH) to evaluate our schools based work. There is only small pockets of research in to the use of educational based approaches to prevention. Through feedback and first hand experience…
Santander Supports Violence Prevention Charity
February 2, 2015
The annual Stand Against Violence (SAV) celebrity quiz night raised £1,350 last year. The sell-out event takes place in October at Vivary Golf Club hosted by non other than The Chase’s Paul Sinha. This year’s event was supported by Santander’s local branches in Bridgwater and Taunton who match funded evening bring the total raised to…
Job Description: Sales and bookings co-ordinator
January 26, 2015
Pay rate: £6.50 p/h Hours: 14 hrs per week Main objective To increase school bookings and manage those bookings/clients effectively. Duties and key responsibilities: Identifying and making contact with possible clients through letter, telephone and email Direct mail marketing campaigns will take place between each academic term Keeping an up to date contact database Secure…
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…