Language is an important feature in our day-to-day, we must always be aware of the assumptions we make when using words such as ‘appropriate’, as they leave much to the imagination.
Supporting Staff Who Fast During Ramadan
For those organisation that have staff taking part in Ramadan this month and would like to develop a supportive culture, here is part of the Project 507’s Leave Arrangement Policy that we would like to share with you. We included a ‘Special Leave’ section because in the UK religious holidays such as Easter and Christmas…
A Public Health Overview
Yesterday would have been the 29th birthday of Damilola Taylor, and it was in this honour, that the DTT held it’s annual Memorial Lecture. The theme of the event was to discuss the recently announced Violence Reduce Unit in London and the public health approach to violence. Karyn McCluskey, previous Director of the Scottish VRU…
Failing with Integrity
This article was written in consultation with Emeritus Professor aladin aladin, strategic counsel for Project 507 Limited. Violence is complex. Practitioners talk of direct, cultural, as well as structural violence, therefore solutions to violence need to encompass this complexity in order to be able to generate a strategy that can address the root causes across…
Curing Violence: THE SOCIAL CONTEXT OF VIOLENCE
“the intentional use of physical force or power, threatened or actual, against oneself, another person, or against a group or community, that either results in or has a high likelihood of resulting in injury, death, psychological harm, maldevelopment or deprivation” – World Health Organisation definition of violence, 2002. The UK has a violent history,…