A&E Work
Our Youth Violence Intervention Programme runs in hospital emergency departments in partnership with the major trauma network. There, our innovative service aims to reduce serious youth violence, and has revolutionised the support available to young victims of violence.
A&E Work
Our Youth Violence Intervention Programme runs in hospital emergency departments in partnership with the major trauma network. There, our innovative service aims to reduce serious youth violence, and has revolutionised the support available to young victims of violence.
Every year thousands of young people aged 11 – 24 come through hospital doors as victims of assault and exploitation. It is then, at this time of crisis, that our youth workers utilise their unique position embedded in the emergency departments alongside clinical staff to engage these young victims.
Our extensive experience tells us that this moment of vulnerability, when young people are out of their comfort zone, alienated from their peers, and often coming to terms with the effects of injury, is a time of change – we call it the ‘Teachable Moment’. In this moment many are more able than ever to question what behaviour and choices have led them to this hospital bed and, with specialist youth worker support, pursue change they haven’t felt able to before.
We focus on this moment and encourage and support young people in making healthy choices and positive plans to disrupt the cruel cycle of violence that can too easily lead to re-attendance, re-injury, and devastated communities.
The Well Centre
When young people told us that accessing everyday health provisions was often complicated by practical issues and concerns regarding social stigma, Redthread listened.
The Well Centre
When young people told us that accessing everyday health provisions was often complicated by practical issues and concerns regarding social stigma, the Well Centre model was born.


KAOS
KAOS (King’s Adolescent Outreach Service) is a new, unique service working to improve the care of adolescents in hospital. The service was launched by King’s College Hospital doctors Simon Chapman and Hannah Baynes, in collaboration with Redthread and supported by the Children and Young People’s Health Partnership (CYPHP) in its first year.
The aim of the service is to identify and support adolescents aged 16-25 years who have been admitted to adult inpatient wards at King’s College Hospital. The team will also take referrals from young adults over the age of 13 years admitted to paediatric wards.
KAOS
On any day, across King’s College Hospital sites, around 20 adult beds are occupied by young people aged 16 to 25. These young people have specific medical, emotional, legal and social needs. The KAOS team will help support the medical and surgical teams on adult wards to care for young people in an age appropriate way.
The KAOS service started in 2018 and was initially comprised of a core team of two lead clinicians and a youth worker. The core team draw on the expertise of a wider team of over thirty health care professionals from different backgrounds, all with an interest in optimising care for young people. These include trauma surgeons, doctors with an expertise in children/adolescents, women’s health doctors, specialist nurses, sexual health professionals and other medical specialists. Since its launch in 2018 the service has grown to facilitate support for a wider age range with the addition of a further youth worker.

HIVE
The Hospital-based Interrupting Violence Exchange is a national network, founded and coordinated by Redthread.
HIVE
The Hospital-based Interrupting Violence Exchange is a national network, founded and coordinated by Redthread. It is designed to help existing and emerging hospital-based violence intervention programmes share ideas and insights.
Through HIVE, we have hosted teleconferences for practitioners from different projects and different parts of the UK to talk through the opportunities and challenges posed by the unique model. We also hold an annual symposium, where all those working on the model get together to discuss the latest developments. In 2020, we hosted a series of webinars and networking events which will continue into 2021.
If you would like to learn more about HIVE, please get in touch!
