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REGISTRATION OPEN: Workshops for the Strategic Framework for Preventing Violence among Children and Young People in Wales

Join us at a workshop near you to share your views and inform the development of our Strategic Framework for Preventing Violence among Children and Young People in Wales with Peer Action Collective Cymru.

The Wales Violence Prevention Unit and Peer Action Collective Cymru are coproducing a strategic multi-agency framework for the prevention of violence among children and young people in Wales.

To inform the development of the framework, throughout October, the Wales Violence Prevention Unit are hosting a series of online and in-person workshops for multi-agency partners. These workshops invite you to listen, discuss, and coproduce the solutions to youth violence for Wales.

Thursday 6th October

12:30 – 3:30pm

Wrexham

Room B108

Wrexham Glyndwr University

Mold Rd

Wrexham

LL11 2AW

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Thursday 13th October

12:30 – 3:30pm

Newport

Rodney Parade Stadium

Rodney Road

Newport

NP19 0UU

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Wednesday 19th October

1:00 – 3:30pm

Online

Microsoft Teams

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Tuesday 25th October

12:30 – 3:30pm

Carmarthen

National Botanic Garden of Wales

Theatr Botanica Room

Llanarthne

SA32 8HN

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Wednesday 26th October

12:30 – 3:30pm

Pontypridd

University of South Wales Conference Centre

Llantwit Road

Treforest

CF37 1DL

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Simultaneous translation will be provided for those who wish to converse in Welsh. A working lunch will be provided at all in person events.

Who should attend?

Youth violence is a complex, societal issue that has detrimental impacts on the health and wellbeing of children, young people and adults throughout their lives. There isn’t one catch-all solution or one agency that has the answers to youth violence prevention. Instead, we need to work together to develop a whole systems approach that will call everyone to action.

As such, the framework must be informed by the experiences and ideas of both children, young people and professionals working to prevent and respond to violence. If you are a professional or volunteer, working in youth violence prevention, please do join us and share your views.

About the Framework:

Children and young people are most at risk of experiencing violence, and most likely to experience multiple forms of interpersonal violence. However, we know that violence is both predictable and preventable, and the evidence indicates that prevention approaches are most effective when implemented with children and young people.

This framework is intended to be used by partners across Wales involved in preventing youth violence, and is it being developed by and for children and young people. It will be designed to support local areas with the delivery of their statutory responsibilities under the new Serious Violence Duty.

Online consultation

As part of the framework development we will also be running a public consultation from 3rd October – 11th November 2022. We will be circulating further details about this consultation shortly.