The training is delivered through a network of young healthcare leaders (trainee doctors, nurses and paramedics) who volunteer with youth workers across the UK, to empower young people affected by violence (aged 11-25) to become lifesavers in their community.
All the training is delivered in partnership with a range of youth organisations and we believe in supporting a multi-agency approach to addressing community challenges which brings together partners’ unique strengths and skills.
We believe knowledge is power, so we empower young people at risk with the skills to become part of the solution to violence, rather than just being seen as ‘part of the problem’.
[StreetDoctors] has changed my mind, now I wouldn’t think about taking a knife out because I can hurt myself, giving yourself all these problems and the guilt of doing it to someone else.