Poyton will leave the organisation at the end of the month to “focus more fully on his passions for innovation, thought leadership and policy development”, he said.
Tracey Burley, current interim deputy chief executive of Redthread, which embeds trauma-informed youth workers in A&E departments across London and the Midlands to support young victims of knife crime, will take over as interim chief executive immediately.
Burley will lead the charity pending the recruitment of a new permanent chief executive to lead the charity through its next phase, the organisation has said.
Redthread launched its latest five year strategy last year which aims to create new projects to meet young people before they become victims of violence, exploitation or knife crime by 2026.
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