Jane Pepa
Jane’s bid to help traumatised children
02 Oct 2024
Our Education Lead and Trauma Informed Practitioner is leading the way in researching new ways to help people marked by…
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Sharing insights into violence prevention and reduction
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A Seamless Fit
04 Oct 2023
Superintendent Georgie Garvey is the temporary director of the Merseyside VRP. With a background in crime prevention, she sees exactly…
Faith on our future generations
04 Oct 2023
We’re delighted to welcome our new lead for Youth and Development, Faith Andrews. With a comprehensive career caring for young…
Jeanie Bell
Helping people with neurological conditions get support
04 Oct 2023
By Councillor Jeanie Bell, The Brain Charity “At The Brain Charity, we have been working with the Merseyside Violence Reduction…
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Shedding some light on Beacon
04 Oct 2023
“A pleasing result in a post programme analysis is especially encouraging when it means changed lives and safer communities. The…
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POPS and others take the family approach
28 Sep 2023
Relationships are fundamentally vital if those who have offended are to change – writes Jacqueline Hampson. “The drive to stop…
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Keep a cool head, tackle poverty instead
28 Sep 2023
The recent heatwave has been described as having shades of the long hot summer of 1976 about it, with temperatures…
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Be Mindful of Psychological Scars
28 Sep 2023
When we think of a victim of violence it immediately conjures-up someone with physical injuries, bloodied, and possibly hospitalised. But…
Dr Anita Sharma, founder of Endometriosis Awareness North
Women’s Health
28 Sep 2023
Former First Lady Michelle Obama observed that “communities and countries and ultimately the world, are only as strong as the…
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A healthy approach to serious violence
27 Sep 2023
Our newest recruit Andrew Bennett’s interest in public health developed - by chance!
Caring for the Carers
07 Jun 2023
The theme for Carers Week 2023 was 'Recognising and supporting carers in the community'. For that campaign, we asked communities across Merseyside…
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Work with the perp to end the violence
21 Jan 2022
Your self-esteem is so low, and you have no sense of self -worth and can’t see a way out because abuse…