The youth violence prevention project run by the charity Oasis offers support to young people who attend the A&E department at London’s St Thomas’ Hospital.
Many of those referred to the service’s one youth worker and two student youth workers have been admitted to the department dozens of times with injuries sustained in gang-related attacks.
Academics at Kingston University’s Centre for Abuse and Trauma Studies, who are monitoring the project’s progress for the next two years, said that early evidence has left them impressed.
Kingston University research associate Yael Ilan-Clarke said: "There is already anecdotal evidence, which we hope to confirm soon, of positive changes in the young people's activities, social skills and personal development as a direct result of the project."
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