Who you go to jail for the Snapchat? The pressures on children today through social media make it extremely easy to get involved in gang violence,drug crime but an initiative taking place across Greater Manchester is aiming to persuade youngsters to go down a different route and think of the consequences of decisions and actions that they take. Deputy Mayor, Kate Green, who took office this week,and Mayor, Andy Burnham, visited Newman College RC in Oldham to observe a session delivered to pupils by one of Greater Manchester Violence Reduction Unit’s partners, on the consequences of crime and how decisions young people make can shape their lives. The session was delivered as part of the Violence Reduction Unit’s (VRU’s) community-led programmes initiative, by organisation 1Message and their founder and CEO Matthew Norford, a former gang member. Speaking to a group of 13-14 year olds Matthew gave the group a series of scenarios designed to illustrate how easy it is to get trapped into a rollercoaster situation .How far would you go to protect someone you love? If for example they ran into the house with a knife used in a stabbing incident,would you shop them to the police? The session
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Would you go to jail for Snapchat? – About Manchester
