BBC report on Youth knife crime statistics
Knife crime is on the rise across the UK, particularly in London, and police say most of those caught carrying blades have no links to gangs. So why are more young people carrying knives? These statistics for our campaign are very worrying. We need to raise awareness that reaches all sections of society, in particular […]
Greater Manchester Police push for another knife amnesty.
Over the last few months we have seen nearly 50 amnesty bins leave our workshop and arrive at police stations across Avon and Somerset, Leicestershire, Cambridgeshire, Dorset and Manchester. Greater Manchester Police received 10 amnesty bins for their knife surrender in the hope they may collect hundreds of knives off the streets. Pictured above is Deputy […]
Staffordshire Police collect hundreds of knives in amnesty
We received a huge collection of knives and weapons from Staffordshire Police recently as their knife amnesty draw to a close. They had nearly 20 knife amnesty bins stationed across the region and police headquarters in the counties biggest knife amnesty to date. The force worked tirelessly throughout the month long amnesty to encourage members […]
We meet Connor Upton’s family as they visit the sculpture
Yvonne Upton and Terri Timms thoroughly support the National Monument against Violence and Aggression and the drive to reduce knife crime. Yvonne and Terri sadly lost Connor, Yvonne’s Son and Father to Terri’s two children in a horrific knife attack in derbyshire. It was an emotional day when the two came to visit […]
Joshua Ribera’s family visit us on his Birthday
Last week we had a very poignant visit from Dea Paradisos and her family. Dea is Auntie to Joshua Ribera, who tragically died from a fatal knife attack. Joshua’s mother Alison Cope has been a huge supporter of our campaign and against knife crime in general. Dea and the family visited on Joshua’s birthday last […]
Norfolk Constabulary join campaign
As our campaign continues, we are reaching ever closer to completion. Today we have had confirmation that Norfolk constabulary are wanting to support our campaign. This means that we are even closer to becoming completely National and will help us reach our target of 100,000 knives of the streets. Alfie has been working incredibly hard on […]
London met knife banks
We recently delivered 10 steel knife banks to London Metropolitan Police. So far the force have 20 banks which will be located across London, a key area with knife crime and violence being a huge problem. Keith Wheeler of London met received the delivery of the 10 Metal banks and will then be distributing […]
The Sentinel newspaper
We spoke to The Sentinel newspaper based in stoke on Staffordshire Police knife amnesty and how they are supporting our campaign. http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/staffordshire-police-launch-month-long-knife-amnesty-campaign/story-29446115-detail/story.html
Staffordshire Police visit campaign headquarters
Back in April, Staffordshire Police visited the British Ironwork centre to learn more about our campaign. The force have today implemented a month long amnesty in a bid to make Staffordshire a safer place. We have supplied bins to the force which will be placed across Staffordshire to encourage Knife surrenders by members of the […]
Staffordshire police launch amnesty
We have been working closely with Staffordshire Police in implementing their knife amnesty starting today! We have supplied them with knife amnesty bins to be placed across the county in a bid to raise awareness and remove weapons off the streets of Staffordshire. Knives and weapons collected will be included on the national Monument against […]