By the time they are in Year Six it's too late, but if you get them in Year Five you can teach them.
In June this year my friend was stabbed and he died. The community hasn't been the same since and the young people that I know are scared. There are rival wars in my area with other boroughs and you don't know who you should look out for.
Young people need to be involved and part of the solution, so I was pleased that on 4 October the UK Youth Parliament arranged for a group of us to go and visit the Home Secretary Jacqui Smith to discuss gun and knife crime. We each had a chance to put our points across about how we would deal with gun and knife crime. I did feel like she was listening and that she will be able to make a difference.
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