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Empowering young people affected by violence to keep themselves and others safe.

We are a movement of young healthcare volunteers who train young people with first aid skills to become lifesavers in their communities across the UK.
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StreetDoctors volunteer Kwaku talks to The Sun about inspiring young people to save lives

“When I see how much it motivates them, it motivates me too.” Kwaku, as part of The National Lottery’s Who Cares Wins Awards, tells his story of growing up around knife crime and what he does for his community now.

Read Kwaku’s inspiring story here

8 Minutes to Save a Life

It takes 8 minutes for an ambulance to arrive on the scene of a stabbing, and in that time you could help save a life. What else could you do?
Our new campaign for young people.

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Reducing Violence Programme

Our Reducing Violence Programme trains 11-25 year olds in emergency first-aid, including what to do if someone is bleeding or knocked out.
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We need your support. Help us to empower young people at risk to both prevent and reduce violence, making them part of the solution.
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Our healthcare volunteer trainers

Our young healthcare volunteer trainers deliver our training to criminal justice services, schools and youth, sports and community groups.
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Our impact

22k+

young people have been trained by StreetDoctors to be lifesavers since 2013!

2.1k

young people were trained in 2021 by working with 160 partners all over the UK

96%

young people understand the consequences of violence after attending our training

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Youth violence charity wins top UK health award 

14th March 2023

StreetDoctors, a charity founded in Liverpool, has won a major national award for its work giving life-saving first aid skills to young people across the UK likely to witness or be victims of violence and knife crime.

International Women’s Day 2023 – What I Learnt Working with Women and Girls Affected by Violence

8th March 2023

Today we are championing equity for women the whole world over, starting by speaking with some of the inspiring women on our staff team. Here Niamh speaks about her experience working with women and girls affected by violence.
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International Women’s Day 2023 – Lucie’s Leadership Learnings

8th March 2023

Today we are championing equity for women the whole world over, starting by speaking with some of the inspiring women on our staff team. Lucie tells us 5 key things she has learnt as a woman in leadership.

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I feel if young people knew about the stuff that I learnt in StreetDoctors it would be better to help young people develop as a society and the next generation.
Young person who attended StreetDoctors training