Project prevent
We are delighted to confirm that our Warwickshire Crimebeat team won the Silver Medal at today’s National Crimebeat Finals held in London on Tuesday 17th March 2026, just pipped to the post by Greater London but leaving the other four finalists (Kent, Devon, East Sussex and Bedfordshire) in their wake. Huge congratulations to the team of 4 from Rugby High School and to Gillian Fletcher, who has so brilliantly orchestrated this extraordinary program, stemming from the Young High Sheriff Competition.
Head teacher of Rugby High - Mark Grady says:
"I am tremendously proud of all the students that contributed and participated in this project. It began over 18 months ago with workshops at the school – where over a hundred students contributed to initial planning phases and workshops. The four students that drove the project forward did so building on the efforts and ideas of their peers, and so this really is an award for the collaboration and insight of lots of our students.
We could not be prouder however of Iris, Grace, Sarayu and Sera, this project has had a transformational impact on our school, and local schools, and the fact that 4 students in our school will have impacted and supported over 4500 students across Warwickshire by the time we have finished is really quite something. Resilience, tenacity and a passion to support our community has been the cornerstone of their work, and as our school vision proudly states, we want our students to leave us knowing their actions have the potential to change the world – in this case – our students have proven it to themselves and the rest of our community already. What an achievement!"
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Back row left to right:
PCSO Joanne Jackson
Gillian Fletcher, YHS programme lead
PCSO Rebecca Fenton
Chief Constable Catherine Roper (Wiltshire)
Gordon Burcham, Head of G-Force
Simon Miesegaes DL, Chair of Warwickshire Crimebeat
Peter Reaney, RHS Chair of Governors
Eric Wood OBE DL, Former Warwickshire Deputy Police and Crime commissioner
Emma Daniell, Warwickshire Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner
Joanna Grimes, Deputy Head, RHS
Front row left to right:
Iris Parsons, student team leader Project Prevent (PP)
Sarayu Kotha, student team leader PP
Karen Lynch MBE, High Sheriff of Warwickshire
Sera Deepak, student team leader PP
Grace Rankin, student team leader PP
Mervyn Kimberley, Warwickshire Crimebeat Trustee and PP liaison officer.
Also in attendance but didn't make it to the photograph were Sophie Hilleary, previous High Sheriff and Susan Rasmussen, High Sheriff in Nomination.
