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IMPACT - Interactive drama-based workshops from Gamechanger. Have you booked your 1/2 day session yet? INTERACTIVE DRAMA-BASED WORKSHOPS FOR UP TO 100 YOUNG PEOPLE   Our IMPACT programme is educational, for KS2+ and is designed for (CCE & County Lines) early intervention. It has been developed to raise awareness of key social issues facing young people in the UK today and has been delivered successfully for over 2 years.   The above is educational and for KS2+ https://lnkd.in/esBDPkVC

Stats Time: Since the County Lines Programme launched in 2019: 5,627 county lines have been closed. 16,536 people have been arrested. 8,817 individuals have been referred by police to safeguarding. Additionally, here are some other relevant facts about county lines: The number of lines has increased from 720 to around 2,000 since the 2022/23 assessment. 118 branded lines were reported as having links to firearms. An individual line can make profits in excess of £800,000 per year. Children aged between 15-17 years make up the bulk of the vulnerable people involved in county lines. This is why The Gamechanger Team do what we do >>> https://lnkd.in/e8G7CNaK

Gamechanger have recently been nominated for Children and Young People Now awards 2024. We've also been recipients of Nesta’s Amplified Fund that supports digital innovation to drive social change, Talent Match partner of the year, recipient of Home Office Funding via South Yorkshire Police, and Celebrating Outdoor Learning Awards Winner – from the Institute of Outdoor Learning. Gamechanger combines cutting-edge immersive digital experiences, including virtual reality, with traditional drama-based workshops and experiential learning using Gamechanger Challenges targeted for behaviour change. These experiences have been designed in partnership with educational and social professionals to create transformative learning experiences for young people and training for adults. #socialissues #education #intervention #gamechanger #schools #mats #prus #aps #localauthorities #cce #countylines #knifecrime If you'd like to learn more about how we can help your organisation, get in touch - info@peelx.co.uk https://lnkd.in/eDU67QWg

Gamechanger deliver IMPACT sessions to schools, youth groups and MAT's across the UK. Our programme is designed for early intervention in relation to Child Criminal Exploitation (CCE) with a focus on County Lines and is an interactive drama-based workshop developed to raise awareness of the key social issues facing young people in the UK today. We are running sessions across the UK and would love to run sessions at your setting too. Book multiple sessions to access discounts. Contact us: 01756 702915 richard.dawson@gamechanger.org.uk https://lnkd.in/dAmHRbQT See the below video >>> https://lnkd.in/eba5MCTv

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Drug dealers jailed as police take down two county lines supplying south Essex: Four dealers have been jailed for more than 14 years after police smashed two county lines drugs gangs operating in Southend. Essex Police’s Operation Raptor team is dedicated to taking down drugs gangs and built cases against the ‘William’ and ‘Dexter’ county lines in 2023. Five dealers associated with the drugs operations have now been sentenced. The ‘William’ line operated from July 2023, supplying crack cocaine and heroin to Class A drug users in Southend. Investigations revealed that the line stretched from London, Bristol and Birmingham to supply drugs to the city. https://lnkd.in/euBJqfPh

Birmingham county lines gangs who crumbled including family-run affair and cash flaunting thugs: For years county lines dealing has caused misery among Birmingham's communities. They are often masterminded by greedy drugs kingpins who use naive and young people to run their lines. From cuckooing the homes of vulnerable people to using sinister mass marketing ploys to run mobile phone 'lines', county lines gangs will trap people into dealing drugs across the country. However as we've reported this year, the game is up for those with even the most 'sophisticated' enterprises. #countylines #cce #cuckooing https://lnkd.in/e7iyb-6R

28 arrested after two-day county lines operation in Sefton: 28 people have been arrested as part of a a two-day police operation targeting the county lines movement of drugs and weapons into Sefton. The operation took place on October 23 and 24, and was the result of a coordinated effort between officers from specialist county lines team Project Medusa and Sefton’s Local Policing Team working in partnership with the British Transport Police (BTP). #gamechanger #countylines #cce https://lnkd.in/eDUfRZY6

Inside Dudley's 'H Line' drugs gang smashed after flooding town with heroin and crack: The gang had a phone line which sent out a staggering 27,000 messages in less than nine months - then the illicit operation was crushed It was the huge county lines gang that flooded streets with Class A drugs. Now the Dudley-based 'H Line' has been smashed by officers. Sajad Hussain, Shahoon Qurban, Stacey Bryan and Michael Hill have been caged for a combined total of more than two decades. The quartet are said to have sold heroin and crack cocaine to users across the market town. https://lnkd.in/eS27D4p8

Birmingham county lines gangs who crumbled including family-run affair and cash flaunting thugs: For years county lines dealing has caused misery among Birmingham's communities. They are often masterminded by greedy drugs kingpins who use naive and young people to run their lines. From cuckoo-ing the homes of vulnerable people to using sinister mass marketing ploys to run mobile phone 'lines', county lines gangs will trap people into dealing drugs across the country. However as we've reported this year, the game is up for those with even the most 'sophisticated' enterprises. https://lnkd.in/e8cHeNKY