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PEER
ACTION
COLLECTIVE

Read our new interim report

HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE
LIVE A LIFE FREE OF VIOLENCE

We’re a group of 10 to 25-year-olds who want to help young people live a life free from violence. Across England and Wales, we’re bringing young people together, listening to what they have to say and turning what we learn into action. Between 2023-2028, we will work with:

140
YOUNG PEOPLE LEADING RESEARCH AND ACTION
7000
YOUNG PEOPLE SHARING
THEIR STORIES
3920
YOUNG PEOPLE WORKING FOR CHANGE

Together, we are the Peer Action Collective!

PAC is funded by the Youth Endowment Fund, the #iwill Fund (a joint investment between The National Lottery Community Fund and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport) and the Co-op Group.

READ CAMERON’S BLOG

After leading my own projects over the first phase of PAC, I knew I had the ability to help lead a full team of young people. With the training I have received and youth work course I’ve completed, I want to take what I have learnt to help and encourage other peer researchers to develop their own new skills.
Cameron (20), Wales

WHERE’S YOUR PAC?

There are PAC projects working to make communities safer and fairer across England and Wales. Find out what’s going on in your area!

NEWS + INSIGHT

  • Insight

    Insight:PAC Interim Report: We need to be heard.

    This interim report shares the story so far from the Peer Action Collective (PAC) — a youth-led network working to make communities safer and fairer by tackling the root causes of violence. Launched in 2021, PAC brings together young people to lead change in their communities. This current phase builds on that foundation, with a…
  • News

    News:What it takes to support young people to take the lead

    The Peer Action Collective (PAC) sees Delivery Partners across England and Wales supporting young Peer Researchers, Social Action Leads and Changemakers to uncover, and find solutions to, the root causes driving youth violence in their respective communities. They find themselves in a unique role – striking a balance between supporting young people with their ‘youth…
  • News

    News:PAC Peer Researchers reflect on their first research projects

    Peer Researchers aged 16-25 have been conducting research across England and Wales for the last 3 months. They have worked extremely hard, delving into the pressing issues of violence affecting their communities by looking into the systems and structures that could affect young people’s experiences of violence, including: the education system, the adults that support…
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