Synergy Network
@WeAreSynergyNet
A growing coalition of churches, para-church groups, Christian agencies and organisations working to end serious youth violence in Britain and Ireland.
TOMORROW! Standing Together Saturday - 19 July 2025 St Mark’s Church, Kennington, 10.30am – 5.30pm Come along and mark the start of Synergy Network's “Standing Together Against Youth Violence” weekend. Plus resources for Standing Together Sunday: wearesynergy.org.uk/event/standing…

Standing Together Saturday - 19 July 2025 St Mark’s Church, Kennington, 10.30am – 5.30pm. Come along and mark the start of Synergy Network's “Standing Together Against Youth Violence” weekend with a day of prayer and activities. wearesynergy.org.uk/event/standing…

Synergy Network 'One Pledge One Change' Bola Ojo, Vice-Chair of the Synergy Network, talks about the 'One Pledge One Change' campaign which aims to help reduce or eradicate violence against young people, and the Standing Together Weekend 19-20 July 2025. youtu.be/V1Pg3G4jsD0?si…
Ahead of Synergy Network’s Standing Together Weekend, which takes place on 19-20 July 2025, Bishop Lenford Rowe, Chair of the Synergy Network, encourages everyone to join the fight against the evil of knife violence. youtu.be/AE92XxK2B68?si…
Standing Together Saturday - 19 July 2025 St Mark’s Church, Kennington, 10.30am – 5.30pm. Come along and mark the start of Synergy Network's “Standing Together Against Youth Violence” weekend with a day of prayer and activities. wearesynergy.org.uk/event/standing…

National Gathering for @AscensionTrust Friday 19 to Sat 20 September 2025 Staverton Park Hotel & Golf Club, Daventry Rd, Daventry NN11 6JT. Theme: Healing Hands, Healing Heads, Healing Hearts. Early bird rate ends 28 Feb 2025 Full details: ascensiontrust.org.uk/ascension-trus…

We report on Ronan's Law, the UK Government's latest attempt to crack down on knife sales online, including a commentary from our coordinator: wearesynergy.org.uk/news/ronans-la… Plus join the One Pledge One Change campaign: wearesynergy.org.uk/news/one-pledg…

'One Pledge One Change' Bejoy Pal, CEO @AscensionTrust, introduces Synergy Network's 'One Pledge One Change' campaign, which aims to reduce or eradicate violence against young people. wearesynergy.org.uk/news/one-pledg… youtu.be/gsyaIBif4Q4?si…
Let’s stand together now to end Violence Against Young People! @WeAreSynergyNet is standing with those families and communities that have been impacted by Violence Against Young People (VAYP) at the start of this year. wearesynergy.org.uk/news/lets-stan…

'One Pledge One Change' Bishop Lenford Rowe, Chair of the Synergy Network, introduces Synergy Network's 'One Pledge One Change' campaign, which aims to reduce or eradicate violence against young people. wearesynergy.org.uk/news/one-pledg… youtu.be/sfEY9yzt9RM?si…
Unite for Standing Together Weekend 19/20th July 2025 Churches, Christian organisations, and all others are invited to come together in unity, to bring our collaborative efforts towards reducing and bringing an end to violence against young people. wearesynergy.org.uk/news/unite-for…

UK Government launches public consultation on plans to ban Ninja swords Please respond by Wed 11 December 2024. All responses will influence the next stage towards banning Ninja swords. wearesynergy.org.uk/news/governmen…

Inter Faith Week London’s Violence Reduction Unit’s Multi Faith Network has issued a statement for Inter Faith Week honouring the role of faith communities in supporting young Londoners: #interfaithweek wearesynergy.org.uk/news/multi-fai…

Joe Lowther, CEO of @KICK_GB, describes how the organisation's mission is to transform young people’s lives, with God’s love, through sport and support - and how it is currently recruiting more staff. wearesynergy.org.uk/how-kicks-miss…

Nationwide call to surrender zombie-style knives and machetes Synergy Network welcomes the amnesty scheme running until 23 September 24. Please assist in this initiative if you can - together we can all work to stop the increase of serious knife crime. wearesynergy.org.uk/government-inf…

How effective is 'stop and search'? In 2014, a young undergraduate addressed Conservative Party conference: he had been stopped over 20 times despite policy not being effective. 10 years on @YouthEndowFund study finds policy only cuts violence by 5%. wearesynergy.org.uk/how-effective-…

REPORT Only 6% of strip searches on children are for suspected weapons Strip searches should “only be carried out on children where there is a clear and immediate risk of harm to themselves or to others” - Children’s Commissioner for England wearesynergy.org.uk/news/only-6-of…

Celebrate life: from cultural events to peace education workshops How @CelebLM evolved from putting on cultural events to creating the film ‘Power to Change’ and workshops, to help solve some of the problems young people are facing in London today. wearesynergy.org.uk/celebrate-life…

Mayor of London announces £2 million funding to combat youth crime £2 million package of activities and targeted interventions via @LDN_VRU this summer aims to divert young people away from violence by providing access to positive opportunities. wearesynergy.org.uk/news/mayor-of-…

STATEMENTS @WeAreSynergyNet and the Multi Faith Network set up by @LDN_VRU have made statements relating to the recent violence witnessed across many towns and cities: wearesynergy.org.uk/news/statement…
