How to win: London Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) Mayoral Youth Clubs Safety Programme

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London Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) Mayoral Youth Clubs Safety Programme Indicative Contract Value: Up to £2900,000 excl. VAT Contract Duration: 1 March 2027 – 31 March 2029 with option to extend to 31 March 2030. This market warming session will be delivered jointly with the VRU's Tertiary Service. The two programmes form complementary elements of the VRU's tertiary violence reduction offer for young people affected by violence and exploitation. While the Mayoral Youth Clubs Safety Programme will provide specialist youth workers embedded across Mayoral youth club settings to identify risk, build trusted relationships and connect young people to support, the redesigned tertiary service will provide intensive, specialist and longer-term support for young people experiencing established, escalating, or entrenched violence and exploitation. Together, these programmes aim to strengthen London's pathway of support for vulnerable young people through earlier identification, stronger partnership working and improved access to specialist interventions. The London Violence Reduction Unit. The London Violence Reduction Unit (VRU), hosted within the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime (MO

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