19/09/23 – Spherical Midnight, a number one supplier of digital actuality (VR) experiences, is honored to host an occasion on behalf of the Higher Manchester Magistrates Affiliation to handle the urgent challenge of knife crime within the metropolis.
The occasion will showcase Spherical Midnight’s progressive and award-winning Virtual_Decisions: KNIVES programme, an interactive, choose-your-own-path VR simulation that explores the implications of knife crime and appears on the explanation why younger individuals carry weapons. The occasion may also delve into the success and continued affect of the follow-on Anti-Knife Crime Curriculum in colleges throughout Manchester.
Throughout the occasion, a visitor will journey by means of the VR expertise in entrance of an invited viewers. The viewers will get to see first-hand the selections the visitor makes throughout the interactive story.
All through the occasion, Spherical Midnight will display how Virtual_Decisions: KNIVES is used as a strong software in stopping knife crime and selling constructive societal change.
The occasion will happen on twenty seventh September from 11am- 3pm at No.1 Circle Sq., 3 Symphony Park Manchester M1 7FS.
It is going to embrace a panel dialogue with visitor audio system, networking alternatives and an opportunity to attempt the VR expertise for your self!
“We’ve got labored carefully with the Higher Manchester Violence Discount Unit for a variety of years, and we’re happy to see a 15.2% discount in knife crime within the metropolis in 2023,” mentioned Director and Founder Claire Downes. “We imagine that the work we’re doing in colleges is making an affect and altering younger individuals’s attitudes to knife crime. Nevertheless this occasion is well timed and significant in mild of the demise of a teenage boy on September fifteenth, after a stabbing in Manchester. Knife crime stays a significant issue in Manchester, and we’re dedicated to doing the whole lot we will to sort out it.”
For extra info or to rearrange interviews, please contact:
- Jess Melia, Head of Digital Communication, Spherical Midnight Ltd
- [email protected], 07402 209940
About Spherical Midnight:
- Established in 1992.
- Spherical Midnight is a pioneering firm on the forefront of making award-winning digital actuality experiences that confront and illuminate urgent social points. ● Spherical Midnight pushes the boundaries of the digital actuality medium, sparking essential conversations and fostering empathy by means of immersive content material.
- Spherical Midnight is a proud accomplice of the Meta Gadget Donation Program. ● Virtual_Decisions: KNIVES and the follow-on Anti-Knife Crime Curriculum has just lately gained the Innovation Award on the Schooling Awards 2023.
https://www.roundmidnight.org.uk/virtual_decisions-knives-knife-crime-awareness/
About The Magistrates Affiliation:
- The Magistrates Affiliation (MA) is a nationwide charity that gives training and coaching to magistrates, in addition to others who assist the justice system. ● The MA’s goals embrace that the general public is conscious of the position of magistrates within the legal justice system.
- The Higher Manchester Department, covers magistrates within the Bolton, Manchester and Salford, Stockport, Tameside and Wigan magistrates’ courts.
- The Higher Manchester Department works to assist magistrates of their work, and to boost consciousness of the position of magistrates in the neighborhood.
https://www.gmma-mic.web/
We lengthen a heat invitation to residents, educators, and group leaders to affix us at our upcoming occasion on twenty seventh September from 11am- 3pm at No.1 Circle Sq., 3 Symphony Park Manchester M1 7FS. Uncover how Virtual_Decisions: KNIVES is reworking the struggle towards knife crime and selling constructive change. Don’t miss this chance to have interaction in an essential dialogue and discover progressive options. Reserve your spot right this moment to be a part of the dialog that may form a safer future. RSVP: [email protected].
