YourStance

YourStance

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Founded by A&E nurses and doctors in 2019 in response to the number of young people arriving in London hospitals with stab wounds, YourStance teaches those at risk of serious youth violence how to respond to an emergency.

YourStance have taught over 2,200 young people aged 11-25 in workshops across London. CPR and blood loss control training mean young people can save lives as zero responders before a first responder arrives. 14 London boroughs, Pentonville Prison and Arsenal Football Club are already involved with 10 more football clubs, NHS Trusts in Sheffield and Leeds, and Cambridge University waiting to partner.

Predominantly volunteer-led by NHS staff until now, The Fore’s funding will pay for staffing to allow the leaders time to focus on strategy and the commercial development of the organisation as it grows.