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Who we are

We are one of 21 Violence Reduction Units (VRUs) across the United Kingdom committed to understanding and tackling the root causes of violence. We named our VRU a Network to reflect our core belief that everyone has a role to play and we can only prevent violence if we work together.

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​​Violence causes harm to communities, both directly and indirectly and incurs significant financial and human costs. We take a public health, preventative approach to our work, investing and using data and research, focusing on prevention and early intervention as well as Criminal Justice responses and working closely with communities and other partners to develop, deliver and evaluate solutions.

 

You can learn more about our approach, the partnership, our work with communities and the central team below.

Our Approach & Priorities 

Our Partnerships

The VRN Team

Mission

Our mission is to achieve ‘prevention through connection’ by building an inclusive, collaborative and courageous network which will drive the short and long-term change required to successfully tackle the causes and consequences of violence.

Vision

We believe violence is preventable.
Our vision is for Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland to be a place where people can lead their lives free from violence and the fear of violence.

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