Ecosystem Coldharbour (Brixton, London)
Social Value World works closely with the 'Ecosystem Coldharbour' partnership, which brings together five respected community organisations alongside the police and public services to address the root causes of violence and provide meaningful opportunities for change. The project has secured £1.9m (approx $4m AUD) over 5 years from the Mayors Violence Reduction Unit.
With the help of the Mayor of London's ‘My Ends’ funding, Ecosystem Coldharbour is working to reduce violence by:
* Supporting a local network of grieving mothers and families impacted by youth violence.
* Developing a network of grass roots community organisations; with training, grants and mentoring.
* Recruiting and training passionate local people to outreach into communities and support their peers.
* Sports, creative and diversionary activities, keeping young people engaged positive opportunities for growth.
* One-to-one keywork, and therapeutic sessions; supporting mental health and wellbeing for young people.
* Employment readiness work, creating positive pathways away from violence (ways out of crime).
* Innovative ‘TICCs’ (trauma informed community connectors) young person development model. This collective of local
young people will train, learn and work together, becoming the next generation of trauma-informed change makers.
* Critical incident response; mobilising and supporting the community, local services, statutory services and the police around critical incidents of place-based violence.
With the help of the Mayor of London's ‘My Ends’ funding, Ecosystem Coldharbour is working to reduce violence by:
* Supporting a local network of grieving mothers and families impacted by youth violence.
* Developing a network of grass roots community organisations; with training, grants and mentoring.
* Recruiting and training passionate local people to outreach into communities and support their peers.
* Sports, creative and diversionary activities, keeping young people engaged positive opportunities for growth.
* One-to-one keywork, and therapeutic sessions; supporting mental health and wellbeing for young people.
* Employment readiness work, creating positive pathways away from violence (ways out of crime).
* Innovative ‘TICCs’ (trauma informed community connectors) young person development model. This collective of local
young people will train, learn and work together, becoming the next generation of trauma-informed change makers.
* Critical incident response; mobilising and supporting the community, local services, statutory services and the police around critical incidents of place-based violence.
The area of focus is the Coldharbour Ward of Brixton, London borough of Lambeth. Coldharbour is one of London’s most violent wards, it has one of the highest rates of serious youth violence in London and features highly across other criminal offences, knife enabled crime, unemployment, poor mental and physical health. Youth violence in Coldharbour is driven by several factors including marginalisation, poverty, victimisation and gang culture.
Ecosystem Coldharbour want to widen the thinking of what it means to work with young people at risk or involved in youth violence, tackling the ‘Pair of ACE’s’; Adverse Childhood Experiences and Adverse Community Environments.
Ecosystem Coldharbour want to widen the thinking of what it means to work with young people at risk or involved in youth violence, tackling the ‘Pair of ACE’s’; Adverse Childhood Experiences and Adverse Community Environments.
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