Evaluation of London Violence Reduction Unit's Young People's Action Group Model

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The Mayor's Office for Police and Crime awarded a contract to Innovation Unit Limited to serve as the Learning Partner for the London Violence Reduction Unit's Young People's Action Group (YPAG).

The contract, valued at £100,000 over 24 months, commissions a detailed evaluation of the YPAG model of youth participation.

The evaluation will examine the implementation process, assess the model's impact on young people, the VRU's work and decision-making, and wider stakeholders, and draw together learning to support the development of the existing YPAG framework.

The Learning Partner will design and deliver a research project that upskills young people in peer research methods, identifies successes and challenges of the youth participation programme, and creates outputs to share learning.

The approach encourages youth participatory methods, co-design with young people, and collaboration with parents/carers and the VRU's Youth & Communities team.