This is the list of documents available for the submission Motion by Councillor Susan Aitken:- "Council expresses its deep concern about recent incidences of violence involving young people in Glasgow and elsewhere in Scotland and acknowledges that this is enormously worrying for our communities. Council mourns the deaths of Kory McCrimmon, Amen Teklay, Kayden Moy and any death or serious injury of a young person as a tragic and needless waste of young lives and potential. Council understands the challenges that modern life can pose to young people, including pressures around body image and self-worth and the propagation of unobtainable and damaging lifestyles and ideologies through social media. Council also recognises the particularly acute impact of the Covid pandemic response on today's children and young people, with the loss during lockdown of life opportunities and learning taken for granted by previous generations. Council understands that the vast majority of young people are not involved in violence and do not carry weapons but believes that the increasing vulnerability of some to becoming drawn into violent behaviour requires urgent work to understand the reasons behind this and develop early, effective responses. Council understands that well-established protocols are in place to ensure swift multi-agency co-operation following a major incident and acknowledges that officers from the Council and HSCP have already been working closely with Police Scotland. Council further acknowledges the wide range of existing multi-agency interventions taking place in communities across Glasgow with and for young people, whether led by the Council family, community planning partners such as Police Scotland, or by third sector and community-led organisations, and believes that sustained youth work on the streets and in neighbourhoods is vital to reaching young people at risk of becoming involved in violence or criminal activity, and that youth work along with access to good quality outdoor space, education and training, and other support services are crucial to creating engaged, resilient and fulfilled young people. Council acknowledges and welcomes the activism of community groups, such as Parents Against Knives led by the parents of Kory McCrimmon. Council also welcomes the attention paid to this issue by the First Minister and Scottish Government, including the recent Youth Violence summit and the announcement of increased funding for the Scottish Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) of £1.2m. Council recalls the terrible statistics related to violence and knife crime that led to the creation of the VRU in 2005; commends its excellent and well-studied work on the prevention of gang violence; and believes that many young people are alive today because of their pioneering interventions and the 'public health policing' approach adopted in Scotland. Council recognises both that the recent incidences of violence involving young people are not of the scale experienced 20 years ago and that the current context is different and more complex but believes that the lessons learned then about evidence-based approaches, multi-agency co-operation and early intervention remain applicable today. Council recognises however that the deep concerns about the emergence of a new wave of youth violence require a re-energised response by all agencies to tackle generational challenges in the lives of our city's young people, along with a fresh approach to new challenges that they face in the social media age; and further recognises that, while no single organisation or layer of government has the answer to a challenge that requires a whole society response, Glasgow City Council has a key role to play, both through the delivery of our own services and also as a convener of other agencies. Council therefore instructs the Chief Executive to bring an update paper to the appropriate committee in the earliest possible cycle after recess, detailing the discussions and actions officers have already undertaken in response to specific recent incidences of violence; outlining existing work by the Council family, or by other organisations funded through the Council, with young people in communities, and particularly young people at risk of becoming involved in violence; and making recommendations to councillors on ways in which existing funding streams could be used to extend and enhance ongoing youth work carried out by the Council family or in partnership with others.".

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