If you go What: VRU Quincy Where: 11 Newbury St., Quincy Hours: Wednesday and Thursday by online booking only; Friday, 3 to 10 p.m.; Saturday, noon to 10 p.m.; Sunday, noon to 8 p.m.

The capital’s VRU was founded by Mayor of London Sadiq Khan in 2019 to coordinate a multi-agency approach to early intervention, collaborating with police, education and healthcare providers ...

The VRU’s best known and most celebrated project, the Community Initiative to Reduce Violence (CIRV), known as “the call-ins”, began in 2008 and saw hundreds of gang members from the east ...

The VRU made bold statements to young people in simple, no nonsense terms. For example, chalk outlines of a body and a knife once appeared in 15 areas identified as gang trouble spots.