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We meet Connor Upton’s family as they visit the sculpture

admin — Thu, 25 Aug 2016 13:41:59 +0000

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 our workshop to see the sculpture for themselves. They wanted to include Connors name, on the monument, with an everlasting message which read,

“5/4/89 – 6/6/10, Forever in our hearts”

We wanted to thank Yvonne and Terri and their families for supporting our campaign and the bid to raise awareness of the effects of knife crime. The effects are real, they are painful and last a lifetime.

#SaveALife #SurrenderYourKnife

Joshua Ribera’s family visit us on his Birthday

admin — Fri, 19 Aug 2016 09:28:03 +0000

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 week as she wanted to show the children the knife angel. It’s message of peace and hope she hoped could comfort the children on such an emotional day.
It was really powerful to have the family here, knowing their story it was an emotional visit.
The family also visited Rebecca Sarah one of our Artists in residence and created ‘memory boxes’ to remember Joshua by.
We wanted to thank the family for visiting and hope that it brought some comfort and happiness being here.

Michelle Mchale visits the sculpture

admin — Sat, 04 Jun 2016 13:10:42 +0000

Our friend and supporter Michelle McHale visited The British Ironwork Centre with her family this week to catch up with Alfie and to see how the sculpture is coming along.

Michelle is the founder of the charity Raising Aspirations and is working closely with us to gain the support from police forces across the nation. With michelle’s help, we hope to reach the final few forces who have yet to come on board.

We can’t thank Michelle enough and hope to see her and her family Darren, Callum, Tia and Iraius Mchale and Emma and Zavalias’nae Duncan here again soon.