March 25th, 2020
At Redthread we work shoulder to shoulder with NHS colleagues. Since beginning our Youth Violence Intervention Programme at Kings College Hospital 15 years ago, we’ve been in emergency departments reaching young victims of violence and helping them to recover and turn their lives around. Our Youth Work teams take the pressure off doctors and nurses […]
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March 18th, 2020
We asked our Young Women’s team to share their experiences and have created a downloadable infographic for any staff based in health care settings. My name is Fiona and I am one of the Young Women’s Workers for Redthread. I am based in a major trauma centre hospital and support young women aged between 11 […]
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January 16th, 2020
We’re searching the capital for compassionate and courageous people who are committed to helping young Londoners to lead healthy, safe and happy lives. Roles range from senior management level through to frontline youth worker jobs. Most of the of the new starters will work within Redthread’s pioneering hospital-based Youth Violence Intervention Programme when it expands […]
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December 16th, 2019
Redthread is working in partnership with UCLH and Camden and Islington Councils, in a programme to reduce violence and exploitation among London’s 11-24 year olds. An estimated 200 young people attend the four London major trauma centres per month having been stabbed or assaulted. Data from Redthread shows that the majority of them will have […]
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November 1st, 2019
With the support of Google.org, two of London’s leading charities tackling youth violence have launched a pilot project to combat online harm and the resulting offline violence which can occur. The Social Switch Project, a partnership between Redthread and Catch22, will run until August 2020, and has three strands: Delivering free training to 500 frontline professionals across […]
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