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PARTICIPATION PROJECT: UK`s Secondary CVE prevention strategy

  •  United Kingdom
Description

Channel also provides support to those showing signs of radicalisation, thus also acts as a secondary prevention approach. The scheme offers intervention-based support in terms of counselling and mentorship. Here, the Channel scheme benefits from its diverse panel, which includes religious actors, the police, schools and social support services. The UK's CounterTerrorism Policing ACT scheme - Action Counters Terrorism - is another example of secondary prevention. The scheme focuses on counter-narratives and develops a campaign to counter extremist messages and provides the public with information on how to detect and report signs of extremism. Community engagement to reduce extremism has also been attempted in the country. In 2005, 'Muslim Contact Units' were deployed to collect information from the country's Muslim communities.

Evidence and Evaluation

This effort is said to have reduced the amount of young Muslims in the country from being involved in extremism (Dodd, 2005). This also confirms research from previous studies that community engagement can increase the reporting of extremism, especially when working close to families (Munro, 2019).

Cooperation Partnerships

The Research, Information and Communications Unit employs counter-narratives via communication, thereby reducing its threat and attractiveness. "It works to address potential risks associated with exposure to violent extremist belief systems by confronting their underlying weaknesses, exposing their proposed solutions to be false, tackling the illusion that life as part of violent extremist organization is glorious, and promoting a positive alternative to violent extremism" (Lynch et al, 2015; p. 14).

Scales
  • Local
  • Regional
  • National
Areas
  • Radicalisation
  • Violent Extremism
Target Audience
  • Youth and Families
  • Public Authorities
  • Prison and Probation
  • Police and LEAs
  • Health and Social Care
  • Local Communities
Types
  • Secondary prevention
Point of intervention
  • Prevention
  • Protection
  • Reduction
  • Resilience Building
Costs
  • n/a
Evaluation Relevance
  • Relevant
Evaluation Impact
  • Positive impact
Evaluation Effectiveness
  • Effective
Evaluation Efficiency
  • Efficient
Evaluation Inclusiveness
  • Inclusive
Evaluation Sustainability
  • Sustainable