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SUMMARY:St Giles | Twenty Years of SOS: What Young People Have Taught Us Ab
 out Violence\, Trust and Change | 5th October 2026
DESCRIPTION:Delivered by: St Giles Trust\nJoin us to reflect on 20 years of
  SOS and reflect on five learnings from our experience. \n1. Young people 
 are not hard to reach\, systems are often hard to trust\nThis is classic SO
 S territory. It allows you to talk about why young people may reject help\,
  test adults\, deny risk\, protect exploiters or appear “non-engaging”.
  The focus should be on what trust really requires.\n2. Lived experience is
  powerful\, but only when it is supported and professionalised\nThis is imp
 ortant. It links directly to St Giles’ identity around lived experience\,
  which is central to the wider strategy. St Giles describes lived experienc
 e as being “in our DNA” and part of how the organisation understands pe
 ople and what works.\nBut the session should also challenge tokenism. Lived
  experience is not just telling your story. It is skill\, reflection\, trai
 ning\, boundaries\, supervision and practice wisdom.\n3. Violence is rarely
  just about violence\nThis lets you bring together the whole series. Violen
 ce is often about fear\, humiliation\, grief\, poverty\, identity\, pressur
 e\, loyalty\, trauma\, status and survival. That helps connect the previous
  sessions on gangs\, gender\, weapon carrying\, crisis intervention and fam
 ilies.\n4. Families are part of the harm and the hope\nThis would link beau
 tifully to your doctoral work and the parent-focused session. Families are 
 too often blamed\, ignored or brought in too late. SOS at 20 should make th
 e point that young people are not floating individuals. They exist within f
 amilies\, communities\, peer groups and systems.\n5. The next 20 years must
  move from intervention to influence\nThis is the strategic ending. SOS sho
 uld not only be celebrated as a project that helped young people. It should
  be positioned as a model that has shaped practice\, challenged systems and
  still has something to teach commissioners\, VRUs\, social care\, policing
 \, health and education.\nWST does not manage bookings for this session. On
 ce you have booked your place\, please refer to your booking confirmation o
 r the booking platform for access to the event details.
LOCATION:Online
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DTEND:20261005T130000Z
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