PROJECT
StreetDoctors
PURPOSE
To prevent youth violence and reduce itsimpact by teaching young people first aid
FUNDING
Commissioning organisations pay for sessions with rates set on a sliding scale. Other funding has come from a range of grant givers including the Paul Hamlyn Foundation and the National Lottery Community Fund
BACKGROUND
StreetDoctors was founded in 2008 when two medical students and a youth offending team worker were delivering first aid classes to local teenagers. They realised young people at risk of violence were likely to be on the scene of a medical emergency caused by violence at some point, and developed workshops giving them the skills to intervene and save lives. In 2013 the organisation became a charity, and funding from the Paul Hamlyn Foundation and the National Lottery helped it expand, taking on paid staff as well as volunteers. Today a central team of nine staff facilitates 22 teams of volunteers in 17 cities across the UK.
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