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BBC One Show Film the Knife Angel

admin — Sat, 27 May 2017 15:36:07 +0000

On the 5th June, we are having to request a total ban on anyone filming and even photography on site.

We have formally committed to The One Show how filming the Knife angel and we are to implement a complete blanket ban on all pictures and movies on site.

Security will be present all day, bag searches and checks will be made where deemed necessary.

Knife Crime and the effort to see the Angel fulfil its destiny has to be prioritised, apologises to all for the inconvenience.

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

Staffordshire Police visit campaign headquarters

admin — Mon, 27 Jun 2016 14:08:08 +0000

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 public.

See this video of the police visit back in April which saw Darryl Laycock, an ex gang member who has turned his life around and now works with youngsters in preventing knife crime and violence.

Kelly Lawler, the mother of a victim of knife crime in Staffordshire also visited the centre to engrave a message for her son, Dion.

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.

Merry Christmas

admin — Tue, 23 Dec 2014 15:48:35 +0000

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 the word out.

We hope for more fundraising and awareness opportunities and hope to see more bins placed across the UK.

Merry Christmas to each and everyone of you and a very Happy New Year, and please everyone keep a place in your thought on Christmas day to those who have lost their lives to knife crime, and remember the families that they have left behind. Our thought are with you all this holiday season.

We may have missed….

admin — Sat, 20 Dec 2014 12:29:33 +0000

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

admin — Wed, 17 Dec 2014 15:10:29 +0000

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 dull down the blades in preparation for the sculpture.

It is a long and complicated job, but one with a just reward at the end of it. We were never expecting such a massive response so soon into the campaign and it means that we can get started on the Knife angel all that much quicker.

Work on the Angel is to begin in January with preparation beginning as soon as the Christmas break is over. We now feel very confident that this can and will go ahead as we had hoped. everything is falling into place. We have several amnesty bins now planted around the UK, and have received a call from one area stating that the bin is full and ready to be delivered!

Keep your eyes peeled over the coming weeks, Alfie and his boys have their work cut out for them but its going to be a spectacular sight on completion.

Amazing Amy Supports Surrender Your Knife Campaign

admin — Thu, 27 Nov 2014 14:00:43 +0000

November 27^th – 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

admin — Thu, 30 Oct 2014 13:23:41 +0000

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

admin — Sat, 18 Oct 2014 12:22:59 +0000

October 15^th – 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 of creating this memorial masterpiece, it is our soul priority that Alfie is safe during the construction of the Angel, even if we need a whole construction crew to finish it – that’s what we’ll do!