CYP Now - Hospital support staff offer route out of violence

Imagine being a young person who has just been stabbed, waking up to find you are, luckily, still alive. Think about the pain; unlike anything you have ever known or imagined. The physical pain is the tip of the iceberg. You hear voices in the corridor.

Junior Smart is founder of SOS Project St Giles and director of Smart Training and Consultancy

What happened? Are you going to make it? There are going to be endless questions from police, parents, friends. Do you say anything and, if so, to whom? Who understands? Who can really help?

You return home to where it all happened. What about the challenges awaiting you? How are you going to pay your bills and keep a roof over your head? What are you going to do about protecting yourself from becoming another victim? What if you see your attackers? Your heart is heavy; there is emotional trauma. This is the harsh reality for some young people in the UK – a staggering 4.7% of 16- to 24-year-olds presenting at major trauma centres in London are involved in peer-on-peer violence.

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