The King attends an event to meet with representatives of a Police Scotland initiative targeting all forms of violent behaviour. Alongside Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner, he meets with members of the Scottish Violence Reduction Unit, as well as The King’s Foundation and the King’s Trust. His Majesty listens to reflections on identifying the root causes of violence and how to increase support for young people. The Dumfries House estate is the headquarters of the King’s Foundation charity. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00First of all, I just want to say thank you very much for giving us your time on this
00:16really important topic. We've been talking about offering opportunities to young people
00:20in our communities. We've been thinking about that in the context of violence, actually,
00:25and the great work that's been done in Scotland over many years.
00:40The work that you're doing, it's inspiring to see the practicalities as well as the mental
00:45and wellbeing support that's on offer here is transformational.
00:50Since we last had the roundtable in London, to which the Prime Minister came, the Home
00:56Section, have you made a bit of progress, but have you also managed to create a really
01:01useful relationship with the violence reduction unit here in Scotland?
01:05There's been some organic better connectivity between the work. There's also been, you probably
01:11saw, we were present at a number 10 discussion with victims' families.
01:15I'm so grateful to you, Ben, thank you. And I just look forward to updates, that's all
01:19on the progress you'll make. Thank you.
01:26Have you had a good day? Good. So far. So far, you got the sun? Absolutely.
01:39They have brought the weather, thankfully. Did you stay in the accommodation? Yes.
01:47And the food was all right? Yes, it was delicious. And the hot water was?
01:52They're on scout.
01:55If you see the Canadian trees, there's a lot of them.
02:01I think what's nice about these groups is that they're really trying to push forward.
02:20He's been such an amazing graduate of our programme and project, and he's an inspiration
02:25I'm the headteacher of Auckland Premier School, so we were part of the Harmony project.