Solve: The Centre for Youth Violence and Conflict

What Solve: The Centre for Youth Violence and Conflict does

Solve: The Centre for Youth Violence and Conflict CIC (SOLVE CYVC) is a Birmingham, West Midlands-based Community Interest Company established in 2020 that delivers research-led training, consultancy, and intervention services focused on serious youth violence, exploitation, and conflict. The organisation sells to a vertically diverse set of public-sector and third-sector clients including the Crown Prosecution Service, Birmingham Children's Trust, Norfolk County Council Children's Services, the National Youth Agency, The Children's Society, and The Premier League, with international consultancy delivered to the Ministry of Justice in Jamaica and training delivered in Dublin via Ballymun Drug & Alcohol Task Force. Its model is grounded in a small in-house team (6 employees) plus an extended network of associate facilitators and academically credentialed criminologists, forensic psychologists, and child psychologists, several holding PhDs and senior NHS or higher-education roles.

The product stack comprises three branded assets: the SOLVE 360° Approach (a holistic, research-led intervention model engaging young people, staff, and families through education and psychology), the Alternative Routes Programme (structured workshops covering exploitation, online harm, gender-based violence, mental health, safeguarding, and positive futures), and SOLH – Solve Online Learning Hub (an e-learning platform launched in 2024 that delivers accredited and non-accredited courses online at solveonlinelearninghub.com). Delivery is community-led and partnership-driven, drawing on multi-agency collaboration with local authorities, schools, NHS trusts, voluntary-sector partners, and international bodies, with marketing reach spanning YouTube (cumulative views reportedly exceeding 120 million on select projects), earned media in outlets such as BBC, Vice, and The Guardian, podcasts, email newsletters, and a 10% referral-discount scheme.

SOLVE CYVC operates a hybrid revenue model combining charitable donations and fundraising, fee-based accredited and non-accredited training delivered in person across UK regions and internationally, consultancy engagements with high-profile institutions and governmental bodies, and recurring e-learning subscriptions via SOLH. Pricing is opaque (no publicly disclosed rates; a quote-based model is used for training and consultancy), and the organisation explicitly serves end-user personas (children, young people, families) alongside institutional buyers in criminal justice, education, social care, health, sports, and the voluntary sector.

Name

Solve: The Centre for Youth Violence and Conflict

Legal name

Solve: The Centre for Youth Violence and Conflict CIC

Website

https://solvecyvc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Solve CYVC is a Birmingham-based Community Interest Company delivering research-led training, consultancy, and e-learning programmes to prevent youth violence and exploitation, serving criminal justice, education, social care, health, and sports-sector clients across the UK and internationally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Birmingham

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Fundraising: The organisation accepts charitable donations to fund outreach projects, free support, advocacy and counselling services for children, young people and families affected by serious youth violence and conflict.
2. Training Programme Delivery: Accredited and non-accredited training programmes for professionals and young people covering topics such as youth violence, exploitation, trauma, and identity. Delivered through prospectus-based courses.
3. E-Learning Subscriptions: The SOLH (Solve Online Learning Hub) platform provides online training courses accessible through enrolment.
4. Consultancy Services: Consultancy services delivered to high-profile institutions and governmental bodies, including workshops and specialised training sessions.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Solve CYVC delivers research-led training programmes, workshops, consultancy services, and an e-learning platform (SOLH) to address youth violence, exploitation, safeguarding, and conflict. Its offerings target professionals across criminal justice, education, social care, and health sectors, as well as vulnerable children, young people, and families, combining academic insight with frontline practitioner experience.

Product overview

Solve: The Centre for Youth Violence and Conflict is a service-based organisation offering a portfolio of programmes for addressing youth violence and conflict. The core offerings include the SOLH (Solve Online Learning Hub) e-learning platform for online training delivery, the SOLVE CYVC Prospectus of accredited and non-accredited training programmes, The Alternative Route Programme of workshops and interventions for children and young people, and The Solve 360 Approach as the overarching holistic model. These services are designed for criminal justice, education, social care, health, sport, and voluntary sector clients.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SOLH (Solve Online Learning Hub): Online learning platform for training and educational programs related to youth violence and conflict prevention.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over two decades of hands-on experience in tackling youth violence and gang-related issues
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Ballymun Drug & Alcohol Task ForcecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for delivering training focused on serious youth violence, violence reduction and public health approaches. The SOLVE team travels to Dublin to empower and educate professionals and young people through the Alternative Routes programme.
• B&NES VRP (Bath and North East Somerset Violence Reduction Partnership)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on the Solve initiative for violence reduction and prevention work in the Bath and North East Somerset region.
• Power The FightcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for delivering the Rise Up programme alongside London Youth, focused on violence prevention and youth empowerment.
• London YouthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Power The Fight for delivering the Rise Up programme, a youth violence prevention initiative.
• National Youth AgencymajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with the National Youth Agency on youth sector initiatives addressing youth violence and development.
• The Children's SocietymajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with this national children's charity on youth issues and violence prevention.
• Norfolk County Council (Children's Services)majorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerDelivery of consultancy and training services to Norfolk County Council's Children's Services department.
• The Premier LeaguemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEngagement with the Premier League on youth violence prevention initiatives within the sports sector.
• Ministry of Justice in JamaicamajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational consultancy collaboration with Jamaica's Ministry of Justice on justice and youth violence issues.
• Birmingham Children's TrustcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerClose collaboration with Birmingham Children's Trust on contextual safeguarding and youth violence prevention. Team member Clair Graham serves as Head of Service for Contextual Safeguarding at the Trust.
• Crown Prosecution Service (CPS)majorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerDelivery of training and consultancy services to the Crown Prosecution Service on youth violence and related issues.
• Birmingham City UniversitymajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCEO Craig Pinkney is pursuing a PhD in Social Sciences at Birmingham City University. The organisation has connections with BCU alumni programme and Dr Mohammed Rahman is a distinguished criminologist associated with higher education institutions in the West Midlands.
• Easystreet Outreach TeamminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with frontline outreach workers in Dublin who work directly with young people in the community, with connections spanning over 13 years.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Catch22: Large UK social business with a significant youth services and education division spanning alternative provision, employability, and justice services. A broader incumbent operating in overlapping segments but at much greater scale.
• The Children's Society: Major national UK children's charity running programmes on exploitation, mental health, and youth support. Named SOLVE CYVC partner but operates at a much larger scale across many child-focused areas.

Direct peers

• Power The Fight: UK charity focused on preventing youth violence through community engagement, training, and empowerment programmes. Direct peer in the youth violence prevention space and a named SOLVE CYVC partner.
• Safer London: London-based foundation tackling youth violence through prevention programmes, partnerships with VRPs, and professional training. Directly comparable UK youth violence prevention and training offerings.
• Switchback: UK charity providing mentor-led rehabilitation for young people involved in the criminal justice system. Comparable targeted intervention and training work with at-risk and justice-involved young people.
• MAC-UK: UK charity integrating mental health and youth violence prevention, working with marginalised young people at risk of exploitation and offending. Closely aligned mission combining psychology, mental health, and youth violence intervention.
• St Giles Trust: UK charity supporting ex-offenders and victims of crime, with strong training and resettlement programmes. Comparable work across criminal justice, training, and rehabilitation for at-risk young people.
• Redthread: UK charity that intervenes with young people affected by violence, exploitation, and county lines, particularly in hospital A&E settings. Directly comparable mission and youth violence prevention focus, with overlapping public-sector client base.
• Leap Confronting Conflict: UK charity using peer-led approaches to build young people's skills in managing conflict, with a training and facilitator-development strand. Directly comparable training-led youth violence/conflict model.
• Khulisa: UK charity delivering social-emotional learning and violence prevention programmes for young people in schools and communities. Closely aligned model combining therapeutic intervention, training, and school-based delivery.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@solvethecentreforyouthviol4334
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/solve-the-centre-for-youth-violence-and-conflict

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles17 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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