An exciting visit for our Mentors in Violence Prevention 

You will hopefully already be aware that the Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) programme has been implemented amongst our student body over the last year at Medina College. MVP trains students as mentors and equips them with the confidence, knowledge and skills to identify and speak out against bullying, abusive behaviour and violence. It aims to tackle the beliefs, attitudes and culture which can give the message that some violence is acceptable.

We recently welcomed Donna Jones, Police & Crime Commissioner, HIOW, Terry Norton, Deputy Police & Crime Commissioner, HIOW, Ranjeev Pathak, OPCC Safer Streets Lead, and Cabinet Member for Community Safety (IOW Council) – Cllr Karen Lucioni to meet with our new year 10 mentors, year 11 mentors and year 8 students to discuss the Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) programme. We were extremely proud of how well the students represented the school when sharing their feedback and thoughts on MVP.

It is an exciting time moving forward with MVP and the year 10 mentors are looking forward to delivering their first MVP session with our new year 7 cohort in the coming weeks. We are delighted to continue striding forward in creating a united community where our students are given a voice to speak out against unacceptable behaviour and feel supported to hold open conversations with their peers.