We are a registered Scottish charity of healthcare professionals adopting a public-health approach to violence reduction because we believe prevention is better than cure.
We believe building strong relationships with partner agencies is crucial, working together to achieved shared goals.
We work closely with some great organisations throughout the country, and beyond, to deliver our projects and achieve our charitable objectives.
Most of our board members work within the NHS but as a charity we also work very closely with them on our Navigator and Youth Navigator programmes
We work closely with the Scottish Government’s Safer Communities Directorate in violence reduction, assisting with informing policy from a healthcare perspective.
Led by the Cabinet Secretary for Justice, Kenneth Brown MSP, the Directorate’s responsibilities include violence reduction, reducing reoffending and criminal justice social work.
We have been a member of the World Health Organisation’s Violence Prevention Alliance since 2009.
The Alliance allows strong collaboration on violence prevention among its members organisations, promoting an evidenced-based public health approach to targeting the risk factors for violence and measured interventions to address them.
MAV is a company limited by guarantee in Scotland SC370211. We are a registered charity SC041153.
Registered office: Wellpark-Kirkhaven Enterprise Centre, 120 Sydney Street, Glasgow G31 1JF.
We receive funding from the Scottish Government.
We are committed to the principles of Fair Work First.
We pay at least the Real Living Wage to all employees
We are committed to supporting all employees to have a voice within our organisation.