Category Archives: Support
Surrey Police Knife Collection
We travelled south last week to collect knives and weapons surrendered from Surrey Police. A number of knives and weapons were collected in support of our campaign and we thank Surrey police for their contributions to this national project. The force have been a huge help to us in getting in touch with the final […]
North Yorkshire Knife Collection
Our trip up North on Thursday saw us collect knives and weapons from North Yorkshire Police. The force had carried out an amnesty across the region and the collection of weapons filled our vehicle for the journey back to Shropshire. We want to thank North Yorkshire for their support during our campaign and this is […]
Cleveland Police collection
Yesterday saw the collection of knives and weapons from Cleveland Police at their Middlesborough headquarters. The force have collected over 400 knives from amnesties and surrenders from across the county. We want to thank Cleveland Police for their dedication in tackling knife crime. Just like all of the other forces we have worked with, the […]
14th February 2017
In today’s issue of Shropshire Star there is an interesting article about the National Monument and it explains how one of our biggest supporters Alison Cope, a fierce anti knife campaigner, feels about the campaign and explains her involvement in the project. https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2017/02/14/shropshire-knife-angels-tragic-inspiration-is-revealed/
British Independent Retailers Association back new campaign
The British Independent retailers Association, is now in support of our efforts to highlight the need for greater efforts in preventing knives being used on the UK streets. Retailers are being informed of best practices and checklist info , for serving youths with knife sales. All facets of our society can play a more significant […]
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 […]
Taunton Crown Court step out
Taunton Crown Court are stepping out and will be the first Court building to have one of our Amnesty bins. The courts security team remove weapons and knives from anyone entering the building and will be using our amnesty bin to deposit them. Knives collected will be included in the collection of 100,000 knives off […]
Anti Knife UK
Another charity that we would like to showcase due to their help and support throughout the campaign is ANTI KNIFE UK. Anti Knife UK approached us at the start of the project to offer their help in spreading awareness of our campaign and in gaining the support from police forces. Danny O Brien, who is […]
Raising Aspirations
We wanted to showcase yet another organisation who has been of the up most support throughout our campaign. Raising Aspirations have been a constant supporter since the beginning. Michelle Mchale has been on the front line campaigning to get support and reaching out to all of the police forces across the country. The organisations mission […]
Supporters of our campaign
The National Monument against Violence and Aggression – Knife Angel campaign continues to grow with even more supporters joining on a daily basis. Our aim to remove 100,000 knives off the streets of the UK is forever moving closer and with only a small number of police forces still to join the campaign is nearly […]