Peer Action Collective (PAC) Project

The Violence Reduction Network (VRN) has partnered with the Youth Endowment Fund (YEF) to become one of four delivery partners in the national Peer Action Collective (PAC) project being delivered between September 2025-September 2027. This project is being delivered in Leicester in collaboration with Young Leicestershire, Leicestershire Police, St Matthews Big Local and Team Hub.

About PAC

PAC is a youth-led model which aims to empower young people, particularly those with lived experience of crime and violence, to create positive change.

It is delivered in two phases:

Peer research: Twelve PAC Leads (16-20 years) have been recruited and are currently being trained to be peer researchers and then design, carry out and analyse the research with 500 other young people. These roles are paid. The research area is policing, and young people will work with the YEF to agree the topic and research question. The young researchers will present their findings and recommendations to key stakeholders.
Social action: Following on from the research, the same twelve young people will co-design and deliver youth-led projects to support change. They will recruit and support a wider group of 50 change makers and 100 social action participants thereby providing volunteering opportunities to a larger group of young people from within the same communities.

Keep an eye on this page for PAC project updates.