Safe on the streets

#Walkwithconfidence

Why have we chosen this priority?

Everyone deserves to feel safe on the streets and from our own experience as young people, we feel more needs to be done to make this happen. The impact of gang violence, knife crime, hate crime, stalking, ASB and physical threat and violence on our streets can impact our mental health and wellbeing and we want to make a difference.

What we will do:

We will attend various community events to promote our Big Conversation
We will look at stereotypes, Bystanders, victim/offender location statistics and the cost of crime.
Promote case studies
Raise awareness, promote organisations, projects and campaigns through Social Media
Self-defence videos
Link with and support Mental Health organisations.
Work closely with the OPCC ‘s Violence Reduction Unit (VRU’s) and with partners
Develop and present workshops in schools around safety, stereotyping, consequences, peer pressure, and the cost of crime.

Important dates:

ASB week 3^rd to 9^th July 2023

Mental health Awareness Week 9^th – 15^th May 2023

Youth mental Health Day 19^th September 2023

Links to resources and support.

We just want to say, if you’re struggling with anything or have been a victim of crime or are worried about your safety, please speak to a trusted adult, such as a teacher, youth worker or a family member, or look through these links for support.

https://www.police.uk/pu/notices/streetsafe/street-safe/

https://crimestoppers-uk.org/fearless

https://www.safe4me.co.uk/

https://why-me.org/

https://www.roundmidnight.org.uk/

Our very own OPCC volunteer Casey wrote this song – Casey was a long standing Youth Commission member, having joined when it started ten years ago! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EBUeRLD_kk

Our Big Conversation 2023: https://survey.alchemer.eu/s3/90526467/Youth-Commission-Big-Conversation-2023

For mental health https://www.kooth.com/

https://giveusashout.org/get-help/ Text ‘shout’ to 85258