Home Office pamphlet offering advice for parents around gangs. Resource can be accessed here: http://www.direct.gov.uk/prod_consum_dg/groups/dg_digitalassets/@dg/@en/documents/digitalasset/dg_171355.pdf

The Street-Vibe training programme aims to teach young people that have progressed to secondary schools about the harsher aspects of society today. It focuses on matters such as staying safe and in control, drug and solvent misuse, guns, gangs and knives, car crime, shop lifting, racial harassment, bullying, anti-social behaviour, trespass and vandalism. To access [...]

Junior Citizen Online has been devised specifically for students who are about to leave primary schools and teaches them the skills needed to keep safe at such an important time of their lives. The programme is packed with information and advice from professionals on matters such as fire safety, knife crime, road safety, transport safety, [...]

A collection of useful websites with some excellent resources

Knives are used in 4 out of 10 murders of young people in the UK. Nearly a third of children in the UK have been affected by gun and knife crime. Knives are the most common weapon used in killings of young people. More than one in 10 hospital admissions for assault in the UK [...]

Crimestoppers is an independent UK registered charity that operates the anonymous 0800 555 111 phone number for anyone with information about crime who for whatever reason do not want to go to the police. (For more information see the next page all about the independent charity Crimestoppers) We hope that you will find this resource [...]

Count Me In is a joint initiative between the Department for Children, Schools and Families, Families Utd and the Home Office, which aims to increase young people’s understanding, confidence, and belief in the fact that it is safer not to carry knives and similar weapons. Join schools across the UK in promoting Count Me In: Together [...]

It Doesn’t Have to Happen is a campaign that was created by young people who want to take a stand against knife crime. We are taking positive action to get the message out that knife crime doesn’t have to happen. Our aim is to stop young people from carrying and using knives. We need as many young people as [...]