Project details
Reduction type
Attitudinal Change, Primary prevention, Secondary prevention
Area
South Yorkshire
Funding amount
£19,560
Purpose
To develop, deliver, track, and evaluate a Street Doctors Stepwise Peer Mentoring Programme for 24 young people aged 16-25 supporting them consider careers in the health and social care sector and train them to become active first responders in emergency situations.
Quick summary
Training 24 young people with emergency lifesaving skills to protect themselves and their communities from serious violence.
The project aim is to work with a group of 24 young people affected by violence, to provide a peer education programme that enables young people to learn, share, and teach emergency lifesaving skills.
In addition, they will undertake an Emergency First Aid at Work course, learn about NHS careers, and co-deliver StreetDoctors lifesaving sessions alongside their trainee healthcare volunteers. Underpinned by StreetDoctors’ trauma-informed practice, the programme offers personal development opportunities for young people to protect themselves and their communities from serious violence.
Participants will be encouraged to protect each other with first responder skills by acting as life savers in their communities, with a public health approach to safety designed and delivered by young people and NHS trainees.
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Violence Reduction Fund 2025
The Family Works
The aim of this project is to increase capacity for trauma-informed support in schools and homes. This is an identified need of the children and young people in the families who access their organisation.