Rathbone renews funding plea for anti-knife scheme after Brooke Kinsella calls on schools to teach crime prevention

1 November 2010 1 min read Janaki Mahadevan Youth Justice

National charity Rathbone is calling on the government to better support programmes that help young people to understand the dangers of knife crime, before the problem gets worse.

The charity's advice comes as government ambassador Brooke Kinsella urged schools to introduce crime prevention lessons.

Rathbone had run the No Knives More Lives project, which included sessions in schools and youth organisations for 13- to 19-year-olds in Manchester identified as being at risk from and of becoming involved in knife crime. But the project was forced to stop after the government stopped its funding, which had previously been made available through the Home Office’s Tackling Knives Action Plan.

Maxine Looby, national youth work adviser for Rathbone, said: "The programme was very successful and got across the personal and legal consequences of carrying knives. The cost of the programme shouldn’t be an issue because we are talking about loss of life and the impact on local communities.

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