Taking place between Monday 16 May and Sunday 22 May 2022, Operation Sceptre will see the police service across the UK highlighting the risks that carrying a bladed weapon can bring, as well as targeting offenders who use and carry knives.
Bexley Community Safety Partnership (BCSP) worked closely with Youth Unity CIC, as part of an ongoing approach to reducing violence in the local area, through this funding Youth Unity worked to install an amazing piece of artwork into the community of Erith.
Youth Unity worked with a local artist and youth worker, Cizeone to create this amazing mural in Erith, which is located on the underpass beneath the bridge at Bronze Age Way, next to Bexley College.
Youth Unity also engaged the local community payback team to assist us in preparing the area ready for the artist to commence the piece. This contribution was instrumental in giving the team a sense of pride in their local area and was quoted to say “how great it was to be part of something and have the local community come and talk to them instead of walking past”.
The message is a very positive one and has already received great feedback from the local community. During the creation of the artwork we successfully engaged with many people from the community that stopped to find out more about the artwork.
Special thanks to the community payback team and all their help!
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Special thanks to the Community PayBack team for assisting us with the preparation of the wall. The team where happy to be part of something that is part of the community.
Youth Unity Day 16th July Erith Park working with Bexley Safety Community Partnership
A great community event, with amazing weather, think we hit 38 degrees!. It was amazing to spend the the day with the community, make news friends and see some of our new friends whom we have met through our outreach work in the area.
Special thanks to Orbit Housing for donating to help cover the costs of food for all the young people that attended the event, the burgers where a major treat.
The video and the photo’s capture the essence of the day
Thank you to our partners who joined us on the day Charlton Athletics, Act for Change and the Booth Bus and Sheromie Brewster with her cage cricket.
Youth Unity will be working in the Bexley area over the next year giving support and reassurance to the local residents.
Our aim is to promote the positive benefits of community participation and social activism and to empower vulnerable young people with practical ways to remove violence from their lives.
Our aim of is to ensure, whether identified through formal (e.g., schools) or informal (e.g. outreach) routes, that when young people need safeguarding against serious youth violence, exploitation and other forms of vulnerability they can find support easily and to be able to trust it.
Central to building trust is ensuring a child’s need is met by the right response from parents and professionals alike so the project uses workshops to ensure they are prepared to identify and respond.
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