Programme adapts the principles of offline youth work into supporting vulnerable young people online
More than 1,000 practitioners have been trained and dozens of young people have gained job skills through scheme
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A London-based project that aims to tackle the complex relationship between social media and youth violence is helping to improve digital awareness among frontline practitioners.
The Social Switch Project, a joint initiative between social business Catch22 and youth charity Redthread, bases itself on the principle that any intervention with youth violence must work within the digital space, not around it.
As such, the project, which was launched in July 2019 after being funded by Google, works to build confidence and improve the digital skills of both adults and young people.
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