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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
What a Night!
November 10, 2013
A fantastic night was had by all who attended the Stand Against Violence Quiz hosted by our amazing patron Paul Sinha. There were over 110 people at Vivary Park Gold club for the quiz night which consisted of 3 rounds of questions. Paul's exceptional knowledge and skills at quiz hosting shone through and thanks to…