West Yorkshire Violence Reduction Unit - Partners

The West Yorkshire Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) brings together specialists from health, police, local government, education, youth justice, prisons, probation, third sector and community organisations to tackle violent crime and the underlying causes of violent crime.

We are taking a fundamentally different approach to violence reduction – one where the public sector institutions and communities that make up West Yorkshire act together to help cut violence with early intervention, prevention, education and partnership working. Using a public health approach, the VRU does not just focus on high-risk individuals but is looking at how we can tackle the causes of violence. Public health approaches start from the principle that prevention is better than cure.

The 5 West Yorkshire Community Safety Partnerships
Bradford saferbradford.co.uk/community-safety
Kirklees kirklees.gov.uk/beta/community-safety-partners/kirklees-community-safety-partnership.aspx
Leeds leeds.gov.uk/saferleeds
Wakefield wakefield.gov.uk/community/community-safety-partnership
Calderdale calderdale.gov.uk/v2/residents/community-and-living/crime-prevention-and-community-safety/community-safety

West Yorkshire Police
westyorkshire.police.uk

Victim Support
victimsupport.org.uk

Public Health England
gov.uk/government/organisations/public-health-england

NHS
nhs.uk

Yorkshire Ambulance Service
yas.nhs.uk

Restorative Solutions
restorativesolutions.org.uk

St Giles
stgilestrust.org.uk

West Yorkshire and Harrogate Health Care Partnership
wyhpartnership.co.uk