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Youth violence prevention week – “Hard Calls Save lives”

15th April 202115th April 2021 Josie McFarlane 74 Views 0 Comments awareness, campaign, communities, crime, Families, gangs, help, knife crime, London, Met Police, safety, Support, young people, youth violence

The Metropolitan police have launched a new campaign called “Hard Calls Save lives”. This is a hard-hitting awareness-raising campaign against serious youth violence led by five mothers who have lost their sons to knife crime.

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Step Back Premier a Poignant Lesson to London’s Youth

19th March 202119th March 2021 Becky W 112 Views 0 Comments BAME, Black Lives Matter, BME, film, gangs, government, knife crime, Leo Powell, Step back, Youth

Leo Powell premiered his short film, Step Back, a drama about youth violence, which has been endorsed by the Metropolitan Police.

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Shaun Bailey launches plan to tackle knife crime

11th March 202111th March 2021 Josie McFarlane 93 Views 0 Comments community, government, knife crime, Laws, London, Mayor, Met Police, Shaun Bailey, Youth

For so many families this last five years has been marked by heartbreak. Hundreds of Londoners have died in the knife crime epidemic that has gripped London.

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Boxing takes a seat to highlight knife crime

10th December 202010th December 2020 Shirley McGreal 343 Views 0 Comments anti-knife crime, army cadets, Channel 5, Conservative Candidate for London Mayor, Hennessy Sport, Joe Brett, knife crime, Shaun Bailey, upitj c;ib

To highlight the tragic impact of knife crime, Hennessy Sport and Channel 5 have partnered with the charity ‘Gloves Up,

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Bishop of Southwark to speak at Synergy Network website launch

26th November 202025th November 2020 Josie McFarlane 163 Views 0 Comments Bishop of Southwark, church, communities, gang, knife crime, Synergy network, violence, virtual event, Youth

The Bishop of Southwark, The Rt Revd Christopher Chessun, will be speaking at the launch of the new website of

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Global pandemic triggers increased sense of global identity in almost 40% of young people

18th September 202018th September 2020 Josie McFarlane 197 Views 0 Comments christian, church, communities, Coronavirus, COVID19, Death, Faith, food, God, Gospel music, grief, help, knife crime, Lorraine Clarke-McGhie, Pets, praise, social, social distancing, unbiblical Beliefs, worship

Almost 40% of young people have felt more aware of being part of a global community since the coronavirus pandemic

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Lorraine Clarke-McGhie’s latest single ‘‘Hustle’’ questions issues in modern society

16th September 202016th September 2020 Josie McFarlane 172 Views 0 Comments christian, church, communities, Coronavirus, COVID19, Death, Faith, food, God, Gospel music, grief, help, knife crime, Lorraine Clarke-McGhie, Pets, praise, social, social distancing, unbiblical Beliefs, worship

South East Londoner songstress, Lorraine Clarke-McGhie’s has her first spoken word in 2020 ‘Hustle’, speaking about the complexities of today’s

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COVID-19 and its Effects on Gangs, Knife Crime and County Lines by Sheldon Thomas

16th June 202015th June 2020 Becky Wybrow 766 Views 1 Comment county lines, COVID-19, crime, crisis, economic, gangs, knife crime, Life, Pandemic, Sheldon Thomas, social, Virus

Everyone wants to know how and why knife crime is down by 30% in London and by as much as

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KTF REWIND: “Are You About Dis Ting, Fam?” by Sheldon Thomas

11th February 202010th February 2020 Becky Wybrow 12219 Views 1 Comment community, crime, gangs, knife crime, London, murder, youth violence

Where do you start, when there are over 80 murders in the capital alone, and just under half of those

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Jaden Moodie: The child groomed and killed in London’s drug war

17th December 201916th December 2019 Josie McFarlane 881 Views 0 Comments children, county lines, Death, Drugs, gangs, Jaden Moodie, knife crime, violence, youth crime

The mother of a 14-year-old boy hunted down and knifed to death in gang violence said she will never forget

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Mental health organization partners with Haringey Council to support families affected by crime

8th December 20196th December 2019 Josie McFarlane 731 Views 0 Comments communities, crime, help, knife crime, London, Support, victims

A new initiative London based mental health organization, Find A Balance (FAB), has been commissioned by Haringey Council to provide

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Stabbed Schoolboy Baptista Adjei ‘had plans for life’

15th November 201915th November 2019 Josie McFarlane 1499 Views 0 Comments Baptista Adjei, Death, knife crime, London, Schoolboy, Stabbed, Victim

The family of a 15-year-old boy who was stabbed to death after getting off a bus said he was a

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Stabbed seven times in a month: Inside the safe houses saving gang members

24th October 201918th October 2019 Josie McFarlane 1301 Views 0 Comments community, gang, knife crime, Safe house, Support, violence, youth violence

Gang members desperate to escape a life of violence are being offered ‘safe houses’ in a scheme to combat knife

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Child, four, among pupils taking weapons to school

22nd October 201918th October 2019 Josie McFarlane 588 Views 0 Comments Deaths. Community, knife crime, police, Weapon, Youth

More than a thousand children were caught with weapons in school last year, according to a survey of 29 police

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‘Our kids are feared’: Knife crime’s impact on one London borough

14th October 201911th October 2019 Josie McFarlane 524 Views 0 Comments community, concerns, crime, knife crime, London, violence, youth crime

The borough of Haringey in north London has one of the highest rates of knife crime in the capital. The

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