Safe Podcast
Conversations about preventing violence affecting
children and young people.
At some point, violence affects us all. For some children, it is a daily reality. Every year, hundreds of young people across England and Wales are killed or injured by a sharp object. 5% of teenagers carry a weapon, 20% are a recent victim of violence and most worry about it.
But whilst violence is happening every day, it is prevented, too – we just don’t hear enough about it. Why does it happen? How can we solve it?
Hosted by Ciaran Thapar, author, youth worker and Director of Public Affairs and Communications at YEF – Safe is a conversation about violence affecting children and young people with those working to stop it.
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19 March 2025 – 44mins
Carlene Firmin: Contextual Safeguarding is Common Sense | Safe Ep1
Carlene Firmin shares how shop workers can be community guardians, why we are all responsible for keeping young people safe, and what her journey from charity worker to renowned professor has taught her about preventing violence.
To find out more about Contextual Safeguarding and Carlene’s work visit: www.contextualsafeguarding.org.uk
Coming 9 April 2025
E2 – Coming soon
Justin Finlayson shares how to use music and mentoring to unite rival postcodes, why the recording studio can be a therapeutic space for young people, and what his journey from prison officer to bus driver to charity CEO has taught him about preventing violence.