Knife Crime Awareness Week
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There are training sessions available from the Ben Kinsella Trust.
Real Stories, Real People – LIVE Q&A, taking place on Thursday 21st May from 6.30–8pm.
Knife Crime Awareness Essentials, a one‑hour training session for teachers and school staff, on Wednesday 20th May from 3.45–4.45pm.
If you would like to know more about the guidance that is available, the Met Police website includes a number of important resources that can offer guidance, including what to do if you think someone you know needs help, how to keep people safe, and support organisations you can talk to.
I pressurised Tower Hamlets Council to install knife bins in the borough and there are now some.
- Barnet Grove, E2 6 AD
- Treves House, Vallance Road E1 5A3
- Burslem Street, E1 2LL
- Brownfield Street, E14 6ND
- Byng Street, Canary Wharf E14
- St Mary and St Michael’s, Commercial Road E1 0AA
It is an offence to have a knife in a public place without a reasonable excuse.
Please also note that any sharp articles carried without reasonable explanations can be classified as offensive weapon to be used with intent to harm.
Please encourage everybody you know to dispose of their knives in the knife bins provided.
Knife bins vary from area to area but any are good to use. See locations in Tower Hamlets or search the knife bins provider website for locations anywhere.
Tower Hamlets Council removed in excess of 1200 knives off our streets, see council article with picture of knife bin opposite the Osmani Centre.
Word 4 Weapons installs the knife bins in the borough and they have a map online to search for exact locations.
I encourage all parents to talk to children and make it known to them that carrying an offensive weapon like a knife does not reduce the risk of being attacked but increases it. Look in your children’s school bags for knife like implements and tell kids not to use violence of any sort in schools, among friends or family or any other location. No fruit knives, no scissors, no screw drivers in school bags please.
