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<p>The Serious Violence Strategy sets out the importance of a multi-agency approach
to tackling serious violence which involves a range of partners and agencies. The
strategy places a strong emphasis on early intervention and tackling the root causes
of the problem to prevent young people from being drawn into violence in the first
place.</p><p>Voluntary sector organisations are essential in helping the Government
to deliver on our commitments in the strategy. We have provided support to a number
of voluntary sector partners to help tackle serious violence, including through the
£1.5m we made available for grassroots projects through our anti-knife crime Community
Fund in 2018/19 and making available £22m through our Early Intervention Youth Fund
through which we have already invested £17.7m in 29 projects across England and Wales.
We will be evaluating the projects and sharing information and learning across all
areas to assist voluntary and community sector organisations to continue to provide
the best support to young people to tackle serious violence.</p><p>In addition, the
£200m Youth Endowment Fund, announced by the Home Secretary last October, will deliver
a ten-year programme of grants that will enable interventions targeted at children
and young people who are at most risk. It will act as a centre of expertise; finding
out which approaches are most effective; generating, disseminating and promoting new
knowledge and practice to transform local and national responses.</p>
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