Bedfordshire VERU evolves into the VEPP
The Bedfordshire Violence and Exploitation Reduction Unit (VERU) has officially become the Violence and Exploitation Prevention Partnership (VEPP).
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Lifesaving bleed control kits to be rolled out across Bedfordshire
Lifesaving bleed control kits are set to be introduced across Bedfordshire, thanks to a partnership between Bedfordshire’s Violence and Exploitation Reduction Unit (VERU) and local non-profit organisation, Wingman Mentors.
Luton mum recognised for efforts to combat knife crime as town welcomes iconic Knife Angel
Former VERU youth Intervention Specialist Worker, Roseann Taylor, has been awarded with the Knife Angel Community Award as the statue arrives in Luton for month long stay.
Just Drop It inspires charity single to raise awareness of knife crime
Bedfordshire Violence and Exploitation Reduction Unit’s (VERU) Just Drop It campaign has inspired the release of new charity single by CLICK Arts foundation.
VERU Youth Voice Fund
The VERU Youth Voice Fund has been created with the aim of increasing engagement with our young people in the VERU and wider partnership.
A&E Navigators scheme sees young people deterred from crime
In a matter of weeks, the scheme has already seen 13 young people receive specialist support from youth workers embedded in A&E departments in the Bedford and Luton & Dunstable hospitals. Funded by the Violence and Exploitation Reduction Unit (VERU) and Office of Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC), the programme aims to act as an …
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Just Drop It: Ashish’s Story
The family of a man who was stabbed to death in a Bedford park have shared their story as part of our #JustDropIt Campaign.
Just Drop It campaign praised in Parliament
Bedfordshire’s Violence and Exploitation Reduction Unit (VERU) flagship campaign ‘Just Drop It’ has been recognised in the House of Commons as efforts to tackle knife crime continue across the county. Following a meeting with the unit’s Communications Team last month, Luton MPs Sarah Owen and Rachel Hopkins, paid homage to the ground-breaking campaign that launched …
Just Drop It reaches 5,000 Bedfordshire students
More than 5,000 students across 15 schools in Bedfordshire have received assemblies around the devastating impact of knife crime as part of the county’s anti-knife crime campaign ‘Just Drop It’. Endorsed by PCC Akinbusoye, the Bedfordshire’s Violence and Exploitation Reduction Unit (VERU) ‘Just Drop It’ campaign launched in November by sharing the lived experience of …
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A&E navigators scheme to launch in Bedfordshire hospitals
Specialist youth workers are to be embedded into hospital A&Es across Bedfordshire to offer support to patients involved in or at risk of violence and exploitation