“That was better than the normal stuff I do in these sessions.” ​Words of a young person in #York. Often described as hard to engage, they sat through the entire session delivered by YJS workers we trained using our WRONG LOOK, WRONG TIME, WRONG PLACE (#WLWTWP) resource

Parents Session tonight at York High. #seriousviolence #Knifefree #York

Great to see such time taken by children completing their workbooks at Carr Junior in York. Encouraging vocabulary extension activities and group discussion. #earlyintervention #york #primary #knifefree

Thank you for inviting us back for the third year running! We really appreciated the fantastic engagement, who shared great insight when exploring the signs to look out for, as well as contributing to wider discussions around county lines and the impact of CCE on young people

A huge thank you to the team at @GIPSIL_Leeds for inviting us to deliver a session on serious violence affecting young people. It was a pleasure to work with their frontline housing workers & team leaders who make a real difference every day. #seriousviolemce #partnerships

huge thank you to the team at @Gipsil in Leeds for inviting us to deliver a session on serious violence affecting young people. It was a pleasure to work with their frontline housing workers & team leaders who make a real difference every day to young tenants #housingleeds

@ynydeputymayor.bsky.social yesterday was the first day of the start of our interventions in #York. Thank you to all the staff @InspireAcadYork who attended. All participants said from having little understanding, all increased their knowledge & learning @northyorkspfcc

Looking forward to delivering our Advice & Information Sessions for Professionals at York High, Inspire & Carr Junior! Delivered in partnership with the @YNYCombined #CommunitySafety #SeriousViolence #York #EducationMatters #EarlyIntervention #YorkshireMentoring

Knife Crime Awareness Week Couple of takeaways 👉🏼 School staff and those supporting Children and young people need support / staff development in this area. 👉🏼Develop trusted adults around the children we work with/ support. 👉🏼 Importance of relational work with children

Knife Crime Awareness Week 19-25th May 2025. Parents / Carers Cont: 👉🏼 Organised Street Gangs 👉🏼 Mobile usage and Emojis 👉🏼 Neuro diverse needs / behaviour 👉🏼 Facts vs Fiction 👉🏼Grooming inc examples. 👉🏼Practical tips for Parents/ Caregivers. 👉🏼Stop n Search

Knife Crime Awareness Week Our Advice and Information sessions for Parents delivered either online or in person. Pro active sessions for parents highlighting the following 👉🏼 Understanding your Child 👉🏼 Impact of Social media on children & young people 👉🏼 County lines

Knife Crime Awareness Week, 19-25th May 2025. Primary School SLT. Our Happy Friendships, Better Lives (No Knives) workshops for Year 5/6 students. The whole class access these sessions, with student work packs for all. #education #primary #earlyintervention

Knife Crime Awareness Week Headteachers / Youth Justice Managers / FE colleges Have you got a cohort of young people that would benefit from targeted interactive sessions with Virtual Reality headsets. #knifecrimeawareness #seriousviolence #education #immersive

As we acknowledge Knife Crime Awareness Week (19-25th May) we will be highlighting interventions we offer. See Advice and Info intervention below - 2.5hrs for those working with young people. #testimonies #seriousviolence #educate

🎉 Exciting news from Yorkshire Mentoring! We're thrilled about upcoming developments and can't wait to share them with you. Stay tuned for updates! #YorkshireMentoring #BigNews

Knife Crime Awareness Week, 19th - 25th May 2025. Throughout the week we will highlight interventions and staff development opportunities for all supporting young people. #knifefree #interventions #safeguarding #community

1/3 📢 Exciting Updates from Yorkshire Mentoring! 🌟 We’re thrilled to announce the winner of our #SPEAKOUT project competition — a Year 4 student from Beaumont Primary in Kirklees! 🎉 They’ve won a £50 Primark voucher, and the whole school team is celebrating the fantastic entries we received......

I spoke to BBC Radio Leeds about tackling violence against women and girls, and how, with my Deputy Mayor for Policing Crime, Alison Lowe, we’re turning lived experience into action. Our #JustDont campaign is calling on men and boys to be allies for safer streets.

Behind Our Screens was created by the incredible Roxy Longworth— a safe space for young people to share how online content impacts them. Check it out: www.behindourscreens.co.uk #OnlineSafety #DigitalWellbeing #YouthVoices #BehindOurScreens"

"Big thanks to Sarah at @CKCareers for having us deliver our presentation this week! We shared key insights on young people, serious youth violence, gang affiliation & CCE. Important conversations for safeguarding the next generation. #YouthSafety #CCE #SeriousViolence"

We believe that women are awesome 365 days of the year. Our valued team at Yorkshire Mentoring proves this everyday #WomensDay

We are in Holy Trinity in Calderdale this afternoon. 👉🏼 Case study highlighting doing the right thing. 👉🏼Identify positive and bad behaviours 👉🏼Trusted Adults in your life 👉🏼Quiz to ensure learning including age of criminal responsibility and Joint enterprise. 👉🏼suppprt information online

#aboutlastnight✨ A huge thank you to everyone who came to support our Women of West Yorlshire Network A great evening of Networking and more importantly inspiration! Fancy being involved join us at www.westyorks-ca.gov.uk/a-mayoral-co... www.instagram.com/reel/DFcfoif...

We are at Moor End academy today delivering VR headset sessions with Year 11 students. #kirklees #knifefree

Mentor Ray has been @RoydsHall in #Huddersfield since September last year. The school recently requested to extend this with support from #DSL Joanne Thompson, who has been key in facilitating this & identifying young people. Tonight, we received this message #mentoring #crimereduction #yorkshire

Our final day at Spen valley today. Students highlighting in their reflections after our VR Headset input…. 👉🏼 doing the right thing 👉🏼peer pressure 👉🏼mental and physical impact 👉🏼joint enterprise #knifefree #mayorsfund #violencereduction

Feedback from children at Holy Trinity in Calderdale. “I have learnt about the qualities I would like in a friend” “I have enjoyed talking about my safety” “I have learnt about positive and negative friendships” “I have enjoyed being in the lesson” #childrensvoice #knifefree

First session today at Holy Trinity in Calderdale. It’s the first primary school in Calderdale that’s accessing our primary interventions. Workshops include peer pressure, doing the right thing and who are our trusted adults.#primaryprevention #knifefree

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Feedback from one of the cohorts below👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼 #VR #knifefree

Busy week with the Virtual Reality Headsets this week. Spen Valley High today, Detached youth work team tomorrow and back to Spen Valley on Thursday. Students engaging really well. 👉🏼Shout out to the Mayors funding and West Yorkshire VRP for supporting these workshops.

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We’ve made tackling serious violence a priority in West Yorkshire. Our new Police and Crime Plan is our bold vision to combat the scourge of violence and continue building a safer, fairer region for everyone. Discover more: westyorks-ca.gov.uk/policing-and...

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We are now taking bookings for interventions post May 2025. For more information, please DM or visit our website, where you can also see our range of partners & testimonials. yorkshirementoring.org.uk/services-2 #CCE #CSE #VAWG #knifecrime #prevention #seriousviolence

The last of our current sessions at Kirklees College, we are at the Brunel site (construction) today. Some of the feedback below and a couple of pics of the targeted intervention. We are supported via Safer Kirklees and West Yorkshire Violence Reduction Partnership. #knifefree

Last couple of days at Kirklees College. Great to hear the feedback from young people below. The reflective practice from young people which builds on our staff experience of restorative practices. Enabling the deeper thinking through mentoring support post VR session. #kirklees

VR headset session at All Saints in Huddersfield. Young people immersed in the headsets which are showcasing a powerful video where choices /consequences of Knife crime are played out. Young people navigate the video with multiple choices available. #knifefree #primaryprevention

Last year we were approached by Royds Hall in Huddersfield to place a mentor in school. Today as they confirmed extending the mentoring staff fed back they couldn't have imagined the positive impact on students identified & watching their engagement with their mentor has been rewarding.

Today we delivered our Wrong Look Wrong Time Wrong Place Knife Crime workshops at Whitcliffe Mount Academy #kirklees We discussed wider impacts of #knifecrime & positive friendship groups Next week we will explore social media & its influence @westyorkshirevrp.bsky.social @mayorofwy.bsky.social

Knife crime - VR headset workshops!!!! Some of the feedback today from students. Listening to the perspectives and views of students is imperative in this space. #studentfeedback #evaluations #testimonies 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽

Zola facilitating the lesson with Kirklees college Public services students after the VR session the students have just gone through. Lesson unpicks the video and choices made. Clear learning objectives with outcomes as highlighted below. #primaryprevention #knifefree #education

Virtual Reality Headset sessions at Thornhill Academy. Thanks to Ray who was facilitating the workshops. #primaryprevention #knifefree #education

VR headset sessions now being booked for schools, colleges a d APs. We are at Thornhill Academy today. #earlyintervention #knifefree

We are midway through a really busy week delivering our interventions across the region. 👉🏼Mentoring - Kirklees college, supporting a cohort of students. 👉🏼Virtual Reality Headsets - we are at Thornhill Academy ( Wednesday) delivering immersive VR sessions #knifefree #primaryprevention

There have been many suggestions this morning in the media regarding why young people are using knives. Unfortunately the complexity & layers that are feeding into this public health crisis are complex, & issues outside are now being imported into our schools.Upskilling school staff is just one way.

Adultification - youtu.be/ojRgBNcNO1c

Youth Endowment Fund…. What works!!!! #mentoring👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽

So proud 🙌🏽🙌🏽 of the work of the facilitators that will be busy in Kirklees educational settings this coming week. Ray, Zola and Daniel delivering VR sessions at Kirklees College ,Thornhill Academy,Westborough High School. This week in excess of 100 students will experience these VR Headset sessions

It’s been a very busy afternoon at Oak CE Primary and Year 6 pupils have done themselves proud. Participation in our #HappyFriendships activities was excellent and discussions have been kind and respectful. Pupils’ letters to Aliya were very thoughtful and well-informed.