StreetDoctors (An offer for Academies & Schools)

We empower young people affected by violence with the skills and knowledge to save lives, and increase their understanding of the medical and psychological consequences of violence.

Our training is delivered by our movement of young healthcare volunteers (nurses, paramedics and doctors) who work in partnership with criminal justice services, schools, pupil referral units, youth, sports and community groups. All our work is trauma informed.

Our programmes

We offer a Reducing Violence Programme and StepWise Programme for young people affected by violence delivered by young healthcare students or professionals.

What are our programmes?

StepWise Programme

Our 12-week youth-engagement and education programme that enables young people affected by violence to learn, share and teach emergency lifesaving skills.

The StepWise Programme enables young people to:

• Learn emergency life-saving skills so they can become lifesavers in their communities
• Gain an Emergency First Aid at Work accreditation
• Learn about healthcare volunteering and career paths
• Learn about their legal rights in relation to violent situations and police responses
• Build their emotional and social skills
• Develop facilitation and training skills to be able to co-deliver emergency first-aid training sessions to their peers alongside our healthcare volunteer trainers

Reducing Violence Programme

Emergency first-aid training sessions for young people affected by violence. Sessions can be delivered as one-off’s or as a comprehensive programme over 3 weeks.

StreetDoctors Save Lives E-Learning App

Our new StreetDrs Save Lives E-Learning Course provides innovative digital training for young people affected by street violence across the UK.

StreetDrs Save Lives E-Learning Course delivers app-based peer-to-peer learning for self-directed or small groups, and focused training in secure and semi-secure locations.

Why do our programmes work?

• Exclusive focus on young people affected by violence, who are most likely to be on the scene of a medical emergency resulting from violence.
• Peer-to-peer training by young student or professional doctors, nurses and paramedics engages and inspires young people.
• Skills-based intervention is proven to be effective in preventing youth offending.
• Asset-based model focuses on what is right with young people, not ‘what is wrong’ with them; so young people become part of the solution to violence, not just part of the problem.
• Trauma-informed approach safeguards those young people who might be triggered, traumatized or retraumatized in our sessions.
• Partner toolkit provided to all partners to help support young people pre-, during and post-delivery.
• Impact data is evaluated independently and has been awarded a Nesta level 2 standard of evidence and Project Oracle standard 2.
• Award-winning training has won 14 youth sector and charity awards.

Want to know more?  Please contact the Team.