• Introduction
  

  Over the last ten years the Independent Projects Trust (IPT) has often worked on projects which have necessitated our working with multiple stakeholders and many of these projects have been around peace-building within communities and have often required the development of joint strategies to reduce crime and violence. Through these numerous projects we have learnt a key lesson - a multi agency approach to issues of crime and violence works. It was this lesson, reinforced by a recent successful project and attendance at a workshop hosted by the World Council of Churches "Peace to the City" Network, that gave rise to this issue of insight.

• The Boston Ten Point Coalition
  

  We look at an example of how multi agency approach reduced crime in one North American city.
  

• Warwick Junction Urban Renewal
  

  A story from a South African city which dealt with urban degradation and crime through a multi agency approach.

• WCC Peace to the City Campaign
  

  A brief history

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