NEWS
Is Knife crime reaching a ‘record high’ in England and Wales?
Last week the Office for National Statistics (ONS) published
the latest crime statistics leading a number of newspapers to publish headlines
that knife crime in England and Wales had risen to a “record high”. Nationwide,
the country has seen an overall rise of seven per cent,.. →
Ambassadors Go Live
Our first group of Ask Me Community Ambassadors go live on Tuesday
15th October – deployed throughout the borough in areas where they can add
real value to support young people and families at risk of gang activity of the
threat of youth violence. We have Ambassadors based.. →
Airbnb and a free lunch: how county lines drug gangs lure teenagers
‘Glamorous’ criminal networks promising easy money are posing a serious challenge for social services.
Read the full article; https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/sep/15/airbnb-and-a-free-lunch-how-county-lines-drug-gangs-lure-teenagers?CMP=share_btn_link
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More speed, less ‘waste’ – restricting access to knives for young people, must be a national priority
A greater urgency is needed to tackle knife crime was the headline in yesterday’s Evening Standard. A headline published after seven people have been violently killed in London over the last nine days; the latest fatality, a 17 year old boy stabbed to death by a gang of thugs in front of a KFC in.. →
Important community messages on gangs and youth violence struggling for air time
The Wickers Charity; https://wickers.org.uk/
Much of the headlines after Notting Hill were about crime figures, arrest numbers, the temperature and attendance figures. The media often misses some of the important causes and messages presented by the London communities on floats, banners and.. →
Rather than demonise knife carrying kids, we must look to offer young people an alternative path
This sobering article reveals a total of 1,144 knife possession offences in schools, where the suspect was a child, were recorded in England, Scotland and Wales last year. The headline bleakly recalls one child as young as six found with a knife in a North London school. The statistics and anecdotes.. →
Fighting back – Waltham Forest Community Speaks up
The Ask Me Team joined 200 people at a community event in
Walthamstow last Thursday 15th August, organised by Stella Creasy
MP. The Met Commissioner Cressida Dick also attended with officers from the
area to listen to the concerns of the community on the back of the recent rise
Women being coerced into carrying knives
Lots of media coverage this week about women being coerced into carrying knives. You can read more on this story at this BBC article; https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-49264665
Be part of the solution, sign up to be a youth Ambassador : https://ask-us.org.uk/register-your-interest/
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Prevention is better than the cure
Select Committee response to the 19% rise in violent crime (recorded in England and Wales) includes recommendation that government increases funding for your outreach & community youth projects. Further information available here; https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49162515
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National gun surrender
The Metropolitan Police are taking part in the national gun surrender. Until Sunday 4 August 2019 you can hand in any firearm or ammunition anonymously to your nearest police station. #GiveUpYourGun and help keep firearms out of the wrong hands 👉 http://news.met.police.uk/news/met-launches-video-as-part-of-2019-national-firearms-surrender-week-376276
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