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| Beyond the blade: your experiences of knife crime | Beyond the blade: your experiences of knife crime |
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| When our project began, we asked to hear from anyone affected by knife crime. Young people, their families, and those who work to help them have shared their stories | |
| Mon 8 Jan 2018 16.50 GMT | |
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| It can be difficult to comprehend the impact of knife crime, so the latest Beyond the Blade piece is a little different. We wanted people affected by knife crime to tell you their stories in their own words. We felt it was important to reach people beyond our usual readership, so at the start of the project we set up a callout asking people to share their experiences with us. We heard from mothers, teachers, frontline workers and young people about what it’s like living with knife crime and why they think it’s on the rise. | It can be difficult to comprehend the impact of knife crime, so the latest Beyond the Blade piece is a little different. We wanted people affected by knife crime to tell you their stories in their own words. We felt it was important to reach people beyond our usual readership, so at the start of the project we set up a callout asking people to share their experiences with us. We heard from mothers, teachers, frontline workers and young people about what it’s like living with knife crime and why they think it’s on the rise. |
| I hope these accounts – from people whose family and friends have been caught up in knife crime and those who are working to tackle it – help shed some light on this complex issue. | I hope these accounts – from people whose family and friends have been caught up in knife crime and those who are working to tackle it – help shed some light on this complex issue. |
| In 2017, we committed to counting the death of every child and teenager killed by knives in the UK in our Beyond the Blade project. We wanted to mark each individual lost, and explore in-depth the issues behind, and possible solutions to, knife crime in Britain. By the end of the year, the total number of fatalities had climbed to 39 – one of the worst in 40 years. Then, on New Year’s Day, we reported on the four young men stabbed to death in London as 2018 arrived. | In 2017, we committed to counting the death of every child and teenager killed by knives in the UK in our Beyond the Blade project. We wanted to mark each individual lost, and explore in-depth the issues behind, and possible solutions to, knife crime in Britain. By the end of the year, the total number of fatalities had climbed to 39 – one of the worst in 40 years. Then, on New Year’s Day, we reported on the four young men stabbed to death in London as 2018 arrived. |
| Our focus on this subject has allowed us to find out much more about the terrible toll of knife crime on young people. Though the project is now finished, Gary Young is working on a final long read which will bring together all that we have learnt over the last year. We’ll send it to you in a separate email when it’s ready. | Our focus on this subject has allowed us to find out much more about the terrible toll of knife crime on young people. Though the project is now finished, Gary Young is working on a final long read which will bring together all that we have learnt over the last year. We’ll send it to you in a separate email when it’s ready. |
| Thanks for reading. | Thanks for reading. |
| Regards, | Regards, |
| Caroline Bannock | Caroline Bannock |
| Editor, Community & UGC | Editor, Community & UGC |
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