The West Midlands Violence Reduction Partnership (WMVRP) is working with Birmingham Voluntary Service Council (BVSC) to deliver a programme of community and peer-led research projects across a range of priority topic areas.
We want to hear from young people, and adults who have experience of the topics (professionals, parents/carers) from across the West Midlands (Birmingham, Solihull, Sandwell, Dudley, Coventry, Walsall and Wolverhampton).
The topics are:
Special Education Needs (SEN) and Neurodiversity - Interviews
- How do children and young people with special educational needs and neurodiversity experience safety, risk and violence in their everyday lives, and what do they, parents and educational professionals think would help them feel safer?
Messaging around violence and safety - Focus groups and survey
- What stories and messages shape how children and young people think about violence and which messages do they feel are most convincing in challenging fear and normalising safer choices?
- What do children and young people think about the My Tomorrow campaign, have they seen it and if so, how does it make them feel about their future, and does it influence the choices they make?
Social Harm and Social Capital - Literature review
- What things, in relation to their community, do young people feel help and harm them in terms of violence?
Online Harm transforming into in-person violence - Interviews
- What are young people’s experiences of online harm, and how have they seen it turn into real-world violence, bullying, retaliation or self-harm and what do they think could help to reduce that risk?
We’re looking for people to sign up as potential interviewees, here: Interest in being interviewed - VRP Community Research Project 2026 – Fill in form
If you have any thoughts on who should be involved in this work, or thoughts on the research questions and methodologies please do reach out: communityresearch@bvsc.org or keshenab@bvsc.org
VRP Community Research Flyer - for interviewees.pdf (2.7 MB)
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community research, co production, young people