Anna Smith
Gangs and Violence Reduction Training Lead
Gang Awareness Training
Providing professionals with CPD-certified training to understand and be more aware of gang culture and associated behaviours.
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Our approach
At Catch22 over the last year we have engaged 3,939 gang-involved young people with our gang-awareness training. We understand the challenges faced by gang-involved young people and their families. Our work targets and builds on service users’ strengths to prevent individuals becoming involved in gangs and help support those involved to safely exit.
Our extensive experience has afforded us with the expertise to support and develop professionals to effectively engage this cohort, maximising outcomes achieved. Using this experience, we have developed a full-day CPD-certified training session for professionals.
Frequently asked questions
What does the training session cover?
Our full-day training session for professionals covers:
- gang culture, serious youth violence and associated behaviours
- gang activity within the community
- how to recognise key warning signs
- the victim/offender overlap
- child criminal exploitation (CCE) and County Lines
- the stages of grooming and exploitation (using an interactive case study)
- the link between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), later vulnerabilities, and exploitation
- how an understanding of choice and opportunity informs intervention
- how to successfully engage service users
- strategies to safeguard and manage associated risk
Where is the training held?
Our full-day training session is 6 hours (including breaks) and can be delivered online or face-to-face. This means that we are able to deliver the sessions to professionals anywhere in the country.
How much does the training cost?
For an in-person session, the cost is £2,500 and we are able to facilitate 20 participants.
For an online session, the cost is £2,000 and we are able to facilitate 30 participants. Online sessions are held using Microsoft Teams.
In both instances, the training will last for a full day (6 hours, including breaks).
Is this training CPD certified?
Yes! Our Gangs Awareness Training session is CPD certified by CPD UK.
For more information about CPD, please visit their website.
What benefits have past participants seen from completing the training?
Following participation in our gang awareness training:
- 100% of participants reported that they now have a good understanding of the gang culture and serious youth violence, compared to 44% before taking part in our training.
- 100% of participants reported that they now have a good understanding of the topic areas of County lines, Child Criminal Exploitation, and the Grooming Line, compared to 61% before taking part in our training.
- 100% of participants stated they now know who to contact if they have concerns of gang involvement or influence, compared to 33% before taking part in our training.
- 95% of participants rated the course good or excellent.
In particular, participants noted that they found the following elements of the training to be a highlight:
- “Learning how county lines work”
- “Understanding the signs of grooming”
- “Learning about the spectrum of exploitation”
- “The pace of training”
- “Being given ideas to identify potential for gang affiliation”
Does Catch22 deliver any other training on gangs and violence reduction?
Yes! Our Understanding Violence in Young People Training is also available to book.
Find out more via the website service page, or visit our Events Hub to book onto an upcoming session.
Duration: 6 hours (including breaks)
Location: Nationwide; online or face-to-face
Cost: £2,500 for up to 20 people in-person, or £2,000 for up to 30 people via Microsoft Teams
In the last year, Catch22's Gang services:
In the last year, following our training participants reported a
63%
increase in confidence around reporting
In the last year, following our training participants reported a
95%
overall learning improvement
News and resources
Resources are listed chronologically.
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Child exploitation
30 Sep 2024
Young People and Families: Annual report 2023-2024
Child exploitation
12 Aug 2024
Redthread set to merge with Catch22
Child exploitation
21 Jun 2024
What is sextortion?
Child exploitation
13 Jun 2024
Missing services: product card
24 Apr 2024
Ten years on: violence reduction in prisons
Gangs
9 Apr 2024
Gangs in prison: violence reduction and rehabilitation
Child exploitation
13 Mar 2024
The urgent need for training to safeguard vulnerable youth from exploitation
Child exploitation
23 Feb 2024
Child financial exploitation: a guide
Gangs
20 Feb 2024
Justice: Building resilience and aspiration in people and communities
Child exploitation
6 Feb 2024
Is someone asking you for a nude picture?
17 Nov 2023
Catch22 responds to call for evidence on reducing the harm from illegal drugs
25 Oct 2023
Why early action holds the key to breaking the prison/reoffending cycle
11 Oct 2023
The importance of investment in youth work: Party Conferences 2023
Child exploitation
20 Sep 2023
Why frontline voices are critical to the policy making process
18 Sep 2023
Catch22 Manifesto: Reimagining public services
Child exploitation
7 Jun 2023
Illegal Migration Bill: more harm than good?
Child exploitation
19 Apr 2023
How do you recognise a victim of child exploitation?
Child exploitation
16 Feb 2023
Inequity in safeguarding
Child exploitation
19 Jan 2023
Online harms and online helps
18 Jan 2023
Catch22 responds to call for evidence on “Prison Operational Workforce”
Child exploitation
1 Dec 2022
Missing children and child exploitation
Gangs
7 Sep 2022
Knife crime: why a localised approach is key
Gangs
20 Apr 2022
Reducing gang-related harm
Child exploitation
17 Mar 2022
Catch22 responds to introduction of the Online Safety Bill
Child exploitation
17 Mar 2022
Young carers and child exploitation
Child exploitation
2 Mar 2022
Catch22 responds to Commission on Young Lives report
23 Feb 2022
Improving victims’ experience of the criminal justice system
Child exploitation
2 Feb 2022
Catch22 responds to IICSA report
Child exploitation
21 Dec 2021
Reflecting on a decade of Return Home Interviews
Child exploitation
16 Dec 2021
Unrealistic sexpectations: online porn and young people
Child exploitation
13 Dec 2021
Catch22 releases Missing and Emotional Wellbeing report
Child exploitation
27 May 2021
Risk and Resilience Services: Supporting young people at risk of exploitation
Child exploitation
26 May 2021
SPACE talks Missing Incidents
Child exploitation
25 May 2021
Exploitation risk to missing and runaway children too often ignored
Child exploitation
1 Apr 2021
Transforming the lives of victims of crime and exploitation
23 Mar 2021
The four key principles of a “Good” Web
Child exploitation
18 Mar 2021
“Are you listening?”
Child exploitation
17 Mar 2021
Child exploitation and criminal behaviour
Child exploitation
22 Jan 2021
Catch22 responds to Home Office “Tackling Child Sexual Abuse” strategy
Child exploitation
13 Jan 2021
Young People and Families: Annual Review 2019-2020
29 Jun 2020
Catch22 responds to call for evidence on "Public Services: Lessons from coronavirus"
Child exploitation
26 Mar 2020
Good practice guidance for Return Home Interviews delivered remotely
29 Nov 2019
Catch22 joins call to put young people at the heart of General Election
Child exploitation
17 Sep 2019
Catch22 responds to No Place at Home APPG Report
Gangs
31 Jul 2019
Catch22 responds to the Serious Youth Violence report
Child exploitation
28 Feb 2019
Why exploited children must be treated as victims
Gangs
9 Apr 2018
Catch22 responds to the new Serious Violence Strategy
27 Mar 2017
Catch22 responds to the MOPAC Police and Crime Plan
Gangs
12 Jan 2017
Social media as a catalyst and trigger for youth violence
Gangs
5 May 2016
Safer schools: keeping gang culture outside the gates
Gangs
23 Jul 2015
Running the risks: the links between gang involvement and missing
Gangs
19 Nov 2014
Gangs in prison: the nature and impact of gang involvement among prisoners
Gangs
28 Aug 2014
Family matters: support for gang-involved young people
Gangs
4 Nov 2013
Violence prevention, health promotion: a public health approach to tackling youth violence
Gangs
8 Aug 2013
Mobilising communities to address gang violence
Gangs
31 Jul 2013
The role of the family in facilitating gang membership, criminality and exit
Gangs
1 Mar 2013
Whole school approaches to tackling gang violence
Gangs
30 Oct 2012
Gang exit and the role of enterprise
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Our full-day CPD-certified training can be delivered online or face-to-face, for groups of 20-30 people.
For more information or to book a session, please register your interest using our contact form, and a member of the team will get back to you as soon as possible.
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