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#Chances4Children: Met Police to use charity app to tackle youth knife crime

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The Metropolitan Police has joined forces with youth work charity London Village Network to help fight violent crime in the capital.
Teenagers can use the app to access opportunities in their area. Picture: Adobe Stock
Teenagers can use the app to access opportunities in their area. Picture: Adobe Stock

London Village Network (LVN) offers young people, at risk of involvement in violent crime, support through one-to-one mentoring programmes and signposting to opportunities through its online app.

The organisation supports the inclusion and equality of vulnerable young people, including prison leavers, care leavers and those from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, typically at risk of exclusion from school or becoming NEET (not in education, employment or training).

LVN’s app is set to be used by Met Police officers to encourage positive engagement with young people aged 14 to 24.

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