CIRV
What Is CIRV?
CIRV (the Community Initiative to Reduce Violence) is a multi-agency initiative designed to reduce gang violence across Glasgow.
The initiative is a focused deterrence strategy, modelled on world-recognised best practice. It works by encouraging better coordination and targeting of existing resources towards high-risk street gang members who do not traditionally engage effectively with services.
With £1.6m over two years coming from the Scottish Government and a further £3.4m funding provided in services and in kind, the initiative brings together partners from justice, government, community safety services, housing, careers, education, social work, health and the community to tackle the problem of gang violence in Glasgow’s East End.
The project will run for an initial two year period. If evaluation of CIRV proves positive, the approach will then be adopted across Glasgow as mainstream business using existing resources and services. In addition, the learning from the evaluation will be shared with the Scottish Government and national agencies including the Violence Reduction Unit to ensure that CIRV will positively influence practice in areas outside Glasgow.
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