The Violence Intervention Project

Formed in 2017, The Violence Intervention Project (VIP) works with young people up to 25 who are at risk of, or already involved in, serious youth violence. 

Our approach is simple but radical: we build strong, shame-informed, therapeutic relationships. We don’t wait for crisis, and we don’t work 9–5. We meet young people where they are — in schools, homes, streets, parks and cafés — and walk alongside them through the hardest transitions. 

Because we know this: violence doesn’t come from nowhere. It grows in the gaps — between home and school, between systems and services, between how young people feel and what they can express. That’s where we work. That’s where change happens.