Tag Archives: families
June 5th, the first step
Today is the day! We wanted to remind all of our visitors here today that there is a strict Embargo on today’s events. No photography or filming to take place during the Knife Angel’s move. The one show have already arrived to start filming. We are sorry for the inconvenience but this is a huge […]
Rest Easy Depz
One of our great supporters, Alison Cope has sent us this image, the beautiful grave of her son, Joshua Ribera. Alison lost her son to a fatal knife attack and has been a fierce campaigner against knife crime ever since and a huge supporter of our campaign. The headstone in the photo was created at […]
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 […]
Everlasting messages
With so many individuals and families affected by knife crime wanting to inscribe an everlasting message on the angel, we have created an inscription form, especially to help those people who would struggle in travelling here. The number of characters, limitations over lines or length will be clearly laid out. There is absolutely no cost, […]
Merry Christmas
We’re hanging up our tools for the week and we will be back on the 2nd January. Many thanks to all of our loyal fans who have been amazing this year! We look forward to 2015, and welcome it with open arms. January will see the beginning of our Knife angel construction, and further campaigning to get […]
We may have missed….
Amongst our many updates we may have let some of our fantastic supporters slip through the cracks, so we’ve decided to compile a post dedicated to images of our campaign to date – sorry if we missed you – your support is very much appreciated.
West Mercia Police Deliver 5k Knives
Today West Mercia Police in conjunction with Biffa Skips and environmental waste management, have delivered a large shipment of knives that have been relinquished for our cause. The delivery took place today in our centre in Oswestry Shropshire, the knives where placed into a controlled environment where our specially trained workers will de-contaminate and […]
Amazing Amy Supports Surrender Your Knife Campaign
November 27th – Amy Hughes Marathon Runner Remember Amy Hughes? You know the one? Yeah that girl who ran 53 marathons one after the other?? Of Course you do! She’s a self-made legend and we are insanely proud to have her support. Cheers Amy! We can’t wait for our Angel to be completed.
Only Cowards Carry
So grateful when we receive the support of fellow anti-knife campaigners. Today we have been fortunate enough to gain the support of “Only Cowards Carry” who have been running since 2012, and are a registered charity. You can find out more about them here: http://www.onlycowardscarry.org Video to follow…
An Extra Set of Hands
October 15th – Ron Dowling – helping with knife angel. The centre welcomes Ron Dowling, local metalworker. He has offered his services voluntarily to assist Alfie Bradley in the initial construction of our knife angel – after all, a 20 ft statue is definitely NOT a one-man job. Alfie will have help throughout various stages […]