•23% said that the ‘main reason’ why they personally would join a gang is because then it is less likely they would be assaulted, robbed or bullied.
29% said they ‘might join a gang for this reason’.
Supports current work
- Lifewise
- Subaru Project
- Crucial Crew
“This is not only the best thing I have seen to address issues around gangs and weapons but it is the best resource I have ever used in all my years of teaching. It captivated them right from the start and amazingly some of the most impressive results we had were with the most disengaged pupils.”
- Lynne Parton
- Behaviour Support Manager
- Small Heath School, Birmingham
72% increase in those that now have a better understanding of the subject
36% improvement in young people understanding that carrying a knife actually increases personal risk rather than reducing it;
Our RTC Project
Process
DISCOVER
supporting, embedding & sustaining behaviour
(Evaluation & Maintenance)
DEVELOP
South Yorkshire
Important
Details
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Peer led...
helping them decide their own future
("Doing" not "Telling")
...from start...
...to finish.
Building a Narrative
Build resilience
Attitude/behaviour change
Better informed decision-making
Strategies/tactics
Research
Guns
Knives
Gangs
Violence
Revenue
Bats
Revenge
41% improvement in young people saying they would not carry a knife under any circumstances
201 young people in the West Midlands consulted
- knowledge
- experiences
- messages THEY think would have most impact on other Y.P.
How will things turn out for Nathan?
What did we ask YP about?
Respect
- known weapon types
- perceptions of weapon carrying
- consequences of weapon carrying
- motivation to join gangs
- gangs use of the internet
- how young people would sentence offenders
- who holds the responsibility for these issues
- impact on our communities
- personal accounts of exposure to gangs
+95% approval rating from teaching professionals
...his friends?
•Protection is the main reason given by the young people for why others carry and use weapons
Notes
Example
..family?
...family?
New resource materials
'Total Immersion'
LiME + local services
+ youth engagement
=Education Package
...and community?
- film
- lesson plans
- social media
- poster campaigns
- cross curricula activities
- out of school