PROJECT
Respect Young People's Programme
PURPOSE
To prevent 10- to 17-year-olds using violence and abuse within family relationships
FUNDING
£789,419 from 2012 to 2016 from the Big Lottery Fund's Realising Ambition programme
BACKGROUND
Respect specialises in helping frontline practitioners work effectively with perpetrators of domestic abuse. Between 2008 and 2011, the charity piloted a Young People's Toolkit, helping professionals intervene with young people who are abusive and violent in close relationships. But there was demand for a specific intervention tackling violence and abuse towards parents. "We wanted to do something more structured, working with the family as a unit," says development director Neil Blacklock.
Piloted in seven areas from 2012, Respect's Young People's Programme is now used by youth offending, family and domestic abuse services in North Yorkshire, Gateshead, Greater Manchester, Stockport, Rochdale, Calderdale, Leicester, Swindon, Margate and Wiltshire.
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