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Essex Police will receive an extra £1.16 million for the county s Violence and Vulnerability Unit.
Violence Reduction Units bring together organisations to tackle violent crime and address underlying causes, and to fund preventative projects with children and young people.
The Essex unit was set up in 2019 and focuses on gangs, county lines and child criminal and sexual exploitation.
The multi-agency partnership includes Essex Police, the Police, Fire and Crime Youth Offending Services, probation service, councils, voluntary sector and health.
Roger Hirst
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Roger Hirst, the Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Essex and chair of the unit said: The announcement that the Essex VVU will receive funding in 2021/22 validates the work we are doing and the inroads we are making to make our communities safer.”
Aylesbury’s MP, Rob Butler, is ‘delighted’ that Thames Valley Police will receive £1.16m in tackling serious violence across the region. The cash injection is part of a £35.5m investment towards Violence Reduction Units in police force areas across England and Wales. Mr Butler, who became the town’s MP in 2019, said: “I am delighted that Thames Valley Police will receive more than £1 million to tackle the violence that has been denying too many young people their futures.
The police station in Aylesbury is on the Wendover Road “This funding will help bring together organisations across our community to confront violent crime and address its underlying causes as well as also funding positive prevention projects amongst children and young people.
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LONDON: Communities are to be given access to a fund worth more than £35 million to help tackle serious violence and prevent young people from getting mixed up in such crimes.The funding.