Decision details

Due to the success of the first three phases of the campaign, the VRU has recently commissioned a 4th phase that will continue to focus on taking a preventative approach to tackling violence. The campaign aims include raising awareness of positive alternatives to violence among young people aged between 10 and 25 years and reassuring young people in this age group and their communities that work is being done to reduce violent crime in Greater Manchester, building on the community cohesion element of Phase 3. In the third phase, the VRU commissioned a mural in Salford via another provider which was well received. The mural will be co-created with young people with an aim to display young people’s commitment to being greater than violence and serve as a reminder of the bright future young people in Greater Manchester can go on to achieve.

The VRU are seeking to award £2,000 to the artist Oskar With a K (a Manchester based muralist and artist) to create a public mural in Wigan using imagery (agreed with the VRU Communications Manager) relating to the fourth phase of the I am Greater Campaign.