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A Virtual Learning Café (VLC) run by the Youth Endowment Fund (YEF) as part of our YEF Evidence in Practice series.
Join the Youth Endowment Fund’s Director of External Affairs and Youth Understanding Ciaran Thapar in conversation with Luke Billingham and Ali Fraser about their new book, The Public Health Approach: Stories Movement and Hope (Oxford University Press, 2026).
In recent years, the UK has seen the emergence of a new approach to violence reduction—the public health approach. This method prioritises early intervention and holistic support to prevent violence upstream. This movement, based in part on the success story of violence reduction in Scotland, has led to the founding of more than twenty Violence Reduction Units in England and Wales, and more than £200m of funding to support evidence-based interventions via the creation of the YEF.
But what does this approach mean in practice? Where does it fit into the national stories of England and Scotland? And what lessons can we learn from its rollout?
About the book
This new book interrogates the past, present and future of the public health approach. It’s informed by interviews with nearly 200 people, from all walks of life – from former First Ministers to community organisers, young people to senior civil servants. It argues for the need for a revolution in violence reduction — to build a new movement for change that connects the dots between policy and the street.
About the format
This virtual event is the first in a series of new live interview slots with people working in violence prevention from across the YEF’s core sectors.