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STEPs Project by Catch 22

Catch22 begins delivering a new Support Through Exploitation and Prevention Service (STEPS) commissioned by the West Mercia Police and Crime Commissioner.   With over ten years of experience supporting victims of child exploitation across England, Catch22 is bringing this knowledge to West...

Life-saving bleed kits installed in Darlington

New trauma cabinets, stocked with life-saving bleed kits, have been installed in key locations around Darlington town centre. Positioned alongside existing defibrillators, these kits provide essential tools to help control severe bleeding in an emergency before paramedics arrive. The cabinets...

Meet Boxing Clever MK

Boxing Clever MK originally operated as a Community Interest Company (CIC) established by a police officer as an early intervention program to help young people develop social and emotional skills. The program has expanded to include multiple locations and partnerships...

Meet SOFEA

The School Navigators Programme was initially launched and funded by the Home Office, and is now a community prevention process being scaled under the DICM...

Leading the way for regionally connecting social value

In the summer of 2023, a police procurement collaboration began with UK social enterprise Pluggin Ecosystem, which led to the Thames Valley being the first region to develop and pilot the Dual Impact Collaboration Model (DICM) as the way to...

Caudwell Youth Outcomes report February 2023

We are Caudwell Youth, a mentoring charity, working with young people at-risk aged 11-24. We specialise in mental health, at risk of offending, exploitation and care experience. As part of local strategic safer and more resilient communities objectives, we work...