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With knife crime rising to alarming rate across Manchester and recorded cases of teenagers as young as 17 arrested for knife crime, Together as One Trust on Saturday May 21 2022 launched a new anti-knife crime campaign to educate young people on the dangers of carrying and using knives. The event took place at the Methodist Church hall on Wellington Street in Gorton-Manchester. The young people learnt why carrying a knife was not only a criminal offence but could led to life defining injuries and even death and blight their futures. “No Knives, save lives” was a mantra they were taught to remember which time they ever thought of carrying a knife to defend themselves.
Here are some of the lessons young people will learn through the project to avoid getting criminal records that could blight their futures irrevocably.
- Q. What is knife crime?
- When someone is stabbed and injured
- When someone is stabbed and killed
- Simply carrying a knife can constitute a knife crime
Q. What are some of the consequences of knife crime?
- One can be killed (you or your victim)
- One can sustain life-changing injuries
- You may inflict life-changing injuries on your victim
- You can go to jail
- You can have a criminal record that can affect you in the future
- You may not be able undertake certain courses at university
- You may not be accepted for certain jobs
- You may lose friendships
- You may lose family relationships
- Your education may come to an end
Q. What should you do to help you stay away from knife crime?
- Report knife-carrying school mates
- Avoid knife-carrying friends
- Spread the word about dangers of knife crime
- Talk to a trusted individual if you have any concerns about knife crime
We are grateful to The National Lottery Community fund and lottery players for making this possible.
10 True or False questions during one of our knife crime awareness campaign events
1. It is an offence to carry a knife in public:
True {x} or False { }?
2. Carrying a knife in public is an offence ONLY if you have it in your hand, NOT in your pocket, boot of your car or if someone else is carrying it for you:
True { } or False {x}?
3. Carrying a knife as part of your job such as a tool for a trade is an offence:
True or { } False {x}?
4. It is an offence to use any knife in a threatening way (even a legal knife):
True {x} False { }
5. It is an offence to sell a knife to anyone under 18:
True {x} or False { }?
6. Police have the right to stop and search anyone they suspect is carrying a knife:
True {x} or False { }?
7. You cannot be charged if you use a knife in self-defense:
True { } or False {x}?
8. You can go to prison for up to 4 years if you get caught with a knife even if you have no intention of using it:
True {x} or False { }?
9. You could be prosecuted and sent to prison even if you did not commit the crime if
someone is injured or killed in your presence (known as joint enterprise):
True {x} False { }?
10. Alcohol can increase the chances that you will take risks:
True {x} or False { }?