VISION Annual Conference 2025


The UKPRP VISION Consortium is pleased to announce our 4th annual conference:
Mobilising a cross-government response to violence prevention
Tuesday 3 June, 10:00 – 16:00
The Light Auditorium, Friends House, 173-177 Euston Road, London, NW1 2BJ

Effective violence prevention requires mobilising a cross-government response. There is a role and unique contribution to be made by every government department and service. With a new government in its first year and various violence prevention strategies in development, including Safer Streets and the commitment to halving violence against women and girls, this is an opportunity to discuss what a cross-government response looks like. This conference will bring together voices from across academia; the community and voluntary sector; central and local government; health, justice and welfare services; and others to discuss how we can work together better to reduce violence.

Join us for a day of talks and discussions on how we can better mobilise a cross-government response to violence prevention.

Keynote speakers TBA

Sessions on the programme include new interdisciplinary research from the VISION consortium and its partners on:

- The cost of violence;

- Embedding Lived Experience in cross-government responses to violence prevention; and

- The successes and challenges working and influencing across government

Registration is required and free. This is an in person conference only. If you cannot attend but would like the slides, please contact the email listed below.

For any questions or comments, please email VISION_Management_Team@city.ac.uk

Welcome: Setting the Scene

10:00 – 10:10

Professor Gene Feder, VISION Director, University of Bristol

Keynote Speaker

10:10 – 10:40

TBA

Morning Tea

10:40 – 11:10

Symposium 1: The cost of violence

11:10 – 12:20

Chair: Dr Fiona Vera-Gray, London Metropolitan University

Presentations from:

Janet Veitch, OBE, Chair of the Board of Directors, Women's Budget Group

Dr Estela Capelas Barbosa, VISION research consortium and the University of Bristol

Dr Natalia V Lewis, VISION research consortium and the University of Bristol

Lunch

12:20 – 13:00

Symposium 2: Embedding Lived Experience in cross-government responses to violence prevention

13:00 – 14:10

Chair: Dr Sian Oram, Kings College London

The launch of the VISION Lived Experience animation

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A panel of LE experts answering audience questions:

Jen Douglas, SafeLives Scotland

Dr Danny Taggart, University of Essex

Lisa Ward, Lisa Ward Consulting

Afternoon Tea

14:10 – 14:40

Symposium 3: The successes and challenges working and influencing across government

14:40 – 15:50

Chair: Dame Nicole Jacobs, Domestic Abuse Commissioner for England and Wales

Presentations from:

Ciara Bergman, Rape Crisis England and Wales

Caroline Bernard, Respect

Joanna Camadoo-Rothwell, SafeLives

Meena Kumari, H.O.P.E. Training

Closing Remarks

15:50 – 16:00

Professor Gene Feder