These objectives are:
- to undermine extremist ideology; support mainstream voices;
- to disrupt those who promote violent extremism; strengthen vulnerable institutions in the UK;
- to support individuals who are vulnerable to recruitment by violent extremists;
- to increase the resilience of communities to engage with and resist violent extremists;
- to effectively address grievances;
- to develop understanding, intelligence, analysis and evaluation; and
- to improve strategic communications.
Home Secretary's guidance
On Tuesday, 3rd June 2008, the Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith, launched guidance for local partners to assist with the understanding and effective delivery of the Prevent Strategy. This guidance, together with a document setting out the delivery strategy, can be accessed through the related links below.
Local partnerships are crucial to the strategy and its fundamental objective, to stop people becoming or supporting violent extremists. It is therefore essential to its success that the right people have access to the new guidance.
