About RedThread
RedThread is a multi-award-winning charity with over 20 years experience of in delivering pioneering youth work in hospitals and other health settings. We work across 13 hospitals in London, Nottinghamshire, and Birmingham with 11-25-year-olds who are affected by grooming, sexual and criminal exploitation, violence, emotional and physical harm, mental health issues, domestic violence, and modern slavery. As part of The Social Switch Project, RedThread will be developing and delivering the Violence Against Women and Girls module, delivering training to 375 NHS professionals, health workers, and police, and providing pre-engagement intensive support and targeted support to 60 young people.
About Catch22
Catch22 is a social business, designing and delivering services that build resilience and aspiration in people and communities across the UK. Its vision is a strong society were everyone has good people around them, a purpose and a good place to live. Catch22 works across children’s social care, delivers alternative education, gets people into work through apprenticeships and employability programmes, and builds stronger communities through social action, social justice and rehabilitation services.
“To have a real impact on London’s levels of youth violence we must tackle the cause; disenfranchised young people, who need positive people around them, a safe place to live, and something purposeful to do. With Google and Redthread, we have designed a programme which we hope will go directly to this cause. The training will help frontline workers to understand fully how young people are using social media. The grassroots grants programme will directly fund those with lived experience, and we’ll support talented young people to use their skills for good.”
- Beth Murray, The Social Switch Project Advisory Board
About Mayor of London’s VRU
Keeping London safe is the Mayor of London’s top priority. The London Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) was established in 2018 to coordinate a fundamentally new public health approach to reducing violence and spreading opportunity in the capital. The VRU works with a range of public and private sector institutions and with communities across London to identify and tackle the underlying causes of violence, and to support solutions that are proven to mitigate them.
“We are focused on addressing the complex causes which lie behind young people becoming involved with, or being victims of violent crime. That is why we are investing in the Social Switch Project, which supports young people in building their creative and digital skills and which will continue to help many more young Londoners reach their true potential.”
- Lib Peck, Director of London's Violence Reduction Unit
About Inspiring Connections
Inspiring Connections is a programme designed and delivered by Catch22 which seeks to improve the career opportunities of individuals by positively impacting their social capital. As a digital programme, we are often joined by professionals from all over the UK helping us with insight, advice, and guidance into various industries and careers by working closely with our participants who are working towards a particular career goal. We strive to develop networks, facilitate meaningful conversations, improve confidence, and help expand participants’ aspirations for their futures.
“The space is extremely helpful not only for us to reflect on our careers, but to share and talk with other people that are in similar situations. It is a very supportive and motivating environment where you have the opportunity to help each other”
- Candidate, Inspiring Connections
About Genius Within
Genius Within is owned and led by neurodivergent individuals, and is devoted to empowering neuro-distinct people to unlock their inner brilliance and achieve outstanding results in the workplace. Staff’s lived experience coupled with decades of research means they are fully equipped to provide top-notch support and solutions. Their evidence-based approach, coupled with consistently remarkable results, has made Genius Within a trailblazer in their industry.
About Learning Pool
Learning Pool offers personalised learning at scale by utilising real-time insights into the learners identity, knowledge, and learning needs. The result is more effective training and a team that’s ready to take on the challenges of today and tomorrow. By making learning experiences relevant to each individual and connecting learning to performance, they create extraordinary learning outcomes.