Vision

To influence health and care systems to understand violence and change the future for London.

Mission

Creating opportunities for those affected by violence through:

• Developing a shared understanding of violence reduction and leading the way in shaping how the NHS can support change.
• Building a movement within health and care that listens to our young people; co-creating approaches that improve wellbeing and reduces health inequalities.
• Developing an evidence base that demonstrates the impact of violence reduction programmes for young people, their families, and the communities they live in.
• Working in partnership across systems to develop and implement preventative approaches.

Objectives

Lead the way in shaping how the NHS can support violence reduction, working in partnership across systems to develop and implement preventative approaches that improve wellbeing in our communities and reduce health inequalities.
One unifying voice for the health sector to champion violence reduction.
Underpin the delivery by strong clinical leadership and coproduction from across London.
Reframe the relationship between healthcare and those we serve, by changing the relationship between communities and authority.
Encourage a national collaboration of all organisations to provide alternatives to street violence.