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WATCH: Hope Hack Stamford Bridge
Danny Roberts Danny Roberts

WATCH: Hope Hack Stamford Bridge

A great day at Stamford Bridge for the latest Hope Hack, a day of consultation, workshops and panel discussions on Racism and division in UK society, and how music and sport can help find solutions.

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Overpolicing poor communities is not the answer.
Emma Rouse Emma Rouse

Overpolicing poor communities is not the answer.

On July 8th, young people across the VRUs came together in Coventry to discuss the future of policing at the 33rd Hope Hack. We began the week with a new government and added to the momentum with a day to reflect and reimagine the current system.

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The Positive Approach of Hope
Emma Rouse Emma Rouse

The Positive Approach of Hope

When I was Director of the Scottish Violence Reduction Unit I was invited to speak across the world about the issue of violence in our communities. Many looked to Scotland for direction due to the reduction in violence that had occurred there since the Scottish Violence Reduction Unit was formed in 2005.

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East Ayrshire Hope Hackathon
Emma Rouse Emma Rouse

East Ayrshire Hope Hackathon

On Monday, 12 June 2023, we hosted the East Ayrshire Hope Hack where over 100 young people from the local community came together at Ayrshire College in Kilmarnock to initiate positive change and articulate a vision for a brighter future for East Ayrshire and Scotland.

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WATCH: Hope Hack Poem
Danny Roberts Danny Roberts

WATCH: Hope Hack Poem

A Hope Hack is a day-long workshop that gives young people aged 15-25 a voice and focuses on their hopes for the future. This involves groups discussing their thoughts and solutions on issues that affect them, their lives and their communities. In this video, students read an inspiring poem written at a Hope Hack.

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Young people come together to debate the future of policing
Emma Rouse Emma Rouse

Young people come together to debate the future of policing

Around 80 young people from across the country came together to reimagine policing in a landmark Hope Hack event.

Five violence reduction units partnered with the Hope Collective, UK Youth, the National Citizen Service, the Rio Ferdinand Foundation, the National Black Police Association, West Midlands Police and the Police Race Action Plan for the landmark event in Coventry yesterday (Monday).

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WATCH: Hope Hack Abridged Discussion
Danny Roberts Danny Roberts

WATCH: Hope Hack Abridged Discussion

Hope Hacks were created to give 15-25-year-olds a voice. The project involves day-long workshops where groups of young people discuss their thoughts and ideas on issues that affect them, their lives and their communities. Throughout Humberside, Hope Hacks were held in four areas: Bridlington, Grimsby, Hull and Scunthorpe. In this abridged video, students from Rise Academy (Hull) came together to talk about the topics raised.

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WATCH: Hope Hack - Full-Length Discussion
Danny Roberts Danny Roberts

WATCH: Hope Hack - Full-Length Discussion

Hope Hacks were created to give 15-25-year-olds a voice. The project involves day-long workshops where groups of young people discuss their thoughts and ideas on issues that affect them, their lives and their communities. Throughout Humberside, Hope Hacks were held in four areas: Bridlington, Grimsby, Hull and Scunthorpe. In this video, students from Rise Academy (Hull) came together to talk about the topics raised.

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WATCH: Hope Hack Slideshow
Danny Roberts Danny Roberts

WATCH: Hope Hack Slideshow

A Hope Hack is a day-long workshop that gives young people aged 15-25 a voice and focuses on their hopes for the future. This involves groups discussing their thoughts and solutions on issues that affect them, their lives and their communities. This videos features a slideshow of images from our local Hope Hacks.

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WATCH: Hope Hack Speech
Danny Roberts Danny Roberts

WATCH: Hope Hack Speech

A Hope Hack is a day-long workshop that gives young people aged 15-25 a voice and focuses on their hopes for the future. This involves groups discussing their thoughts and solutions on issues that affect them, their lives and their communities. In this video, a student shares their experience in education.

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Brighton & Hove Hope Hack 2024 Event
Emma Rouse Emma Rouse

Brighton & Hove Hope Hack 2024 Event

The Brighton & Hove Hope Hack was a youth event held on the 1st March 2024 at the i360 in Brighton, creating a space where young minds converged to envision a fairer, safer society.

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Greater Manchester’s Hope Hack 2022
Emma Rouse Emma Rouse

Greater Manchester’s Hope Hack 2022

Greater Manchester Violence Reduction Unit and partners embraced the opportunity to host a Hack event and contribute to the national Hope Collective ‘Reimagined’ report. Building on the theme of creating a fairer and just society, Greater Manchester decided to focus on 8 themes.

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Hopeful, not hopeless.
Emma Rouse Emma Rouse

Hopeful, not hopeless.

When 10 year old Damilola Taylor was tragically killed on the streets of Peckham, South London, on November 27th 2000 it made headlines all around the World.

Children didn’t kill other children in a modern, civilised city like London. It was unthinkable!

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