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Queensberry AP was established in 2018 to offer support to young people and their families through direct intervention via 1:1 mentoring and group workshops that aim to educate and raise awareness of the issues that affect our communities.
Our work covers a wide range of topics including Child Criminal Exploitation, Child Sexual Exploitation, Knife crime, Joint enterprise, Prison life, school exclusions and non-school engagement to name a few.
Our interventions provide young people with opportunity to develop awareness through "lived experiences" and using restorative practices young people are able to a greater understanding of the impacts of their choices and behaviours. Our highly experienced senior leadership team, specialist youth workers and volunteers are able to build trusted working relationships with young people and families that help bring about long-term positive change.
To find out more about our work please see below.
Child Exploitation Intervention
(Cheshire West and Chester)
We work directly with young people and their families delivering face to face intervention using a trauma-informed and contextual safeguarding approach to tackle all forms of exploitation and reduce the risk of harm.
Our leadership team have developed intervention based upon extensive professional experience having worked in mainstream schools, SEBD school, children's services and as senior leaders working with excluded young people in a local authority Pupil Referral Unit.
Supporting the work is a wider team of specialist youth workers and volunteers, including ex-offenders, who share their personal experiences to support young people and families in developing their understanding of exploitation.
Cheshire PCC Project
Following on from work across Cheshire around compliance with the Serious Violence Duty, the office of the Cheshire Police and Crime Commissioner developed a Serious Violence Needs Assessment and consequently developed strategies to address the issues identified. One of which, is young people at risk of serious violence or associated with exploitation, particularly around County Lines drug supply.
In response, Queensberry AP were commissioned to deliver a range of services to target young people who are most at risk of criminal behaviour across Warrington, Halton and Cheshire East with additional work focusing on youth violence in Cheshire West and Chester.
Primary school workshops
Our fun and interactive early intervention preventative workshops have been created to support key stage 2 pupils in developing their understanding of the impacts and consequences of risk-taking behaviours.
All activities are underpinned by restorative practices to help pupils reflect upon the skills needed to stay healthy, stay safe, enjoy and achieve, and to make a positive contribution to their school and community.
Our workshops have been carefully developed to ensure they are age-appropriate and also support schools in providing a high-quality PSHE and Citizenship curriculum to promote personal, social and emotional development.
Secondary School Workshops
Our workshops can cover a wide range of topics including school exclusions, criminal exploitation, sexual exploitation, joint enterprise, knife crime and much more; we tailor each workshop to meet the individual needs of the school.
Our secondary school workshops raise awareness of the important issues that affect our wider society and provide students with an opportunity to gain knowledge and develop their understanding of the role they play in creating safer communities.
"...this has been the BEST workshop we've had in school!"
Head of PSHE - Neston High School
Staff development
Our staff development and training sessions have been developed to upskill professionals by developing their understanding of exploitation and promote early identification to reduce the risk of harm to young people.
Our exploitation training is for anybody working with children and young people. Real-life accounts and guest speakers provide attendees with an opportunity to learn first-hand about the impacts of exploitation.
"As always Queensberry didn’t fail to deliver a fabulous session and you could hear a pin drop, those who attended were so captured!"
Pastoral Support Manager
