Parents Session tonight at York High. #seriousviolence #Knifefree #York

Great to see such time taken by children completing their workbooks at Carr Junior in York. Encouraging vocabulary extension activities and group discussion. #earlyintervention #york #primary #knifefree

Knife Crime Awareness Week, 19th - 25th May 2025. Throughout the week we will highlight interventions and staff development opportunities for all supporting young people.

#knifefree #interventions #safeguarding #community

We are at Moor End academy today delivering VR headset sessions with Year 11 students. #kirklees #knifefree

Our final day at Spen valley today. Students highlighting in their reflections after our VR Headset input….

👉🏼 doing the right thing
👉🏼peer pressure
👉🏼mental and physical impact
👉🏼joint enterprise

#knifefree #mayorsfund #violencereduction

Feedback from children at Holy Trinity in Calderdale.
“I have learnt about the qualities I would like in a friend”
“I have enjoyed talking about my safety”
“I have learnt about positive and negative friendships”
“I have enjoyed being in the lesson” #childrensvoice #knifefree

First session today at Holy Trinity in Calderdale. It’s the first primary school in Calderdale that’s accessing our primary interventions.
Workshops include peer pressure, doing the right thing and who are our trusted adults.#primaryprevention #knifefree

Feedback from one of the cohorts below👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼 #VR #knifefree

The last of our current sessions at Kirklees College, we are at the Brunel site (construction) today. Some of the feedback below and a couple of pics of the targeted intervention. We are supported via Safer Kirklees and West Yorkshire Violence Reduction Partnership. #knifefree

VR headset session at All Saints in Huddersfield. Young people immersed in the headsets which are showcasing a powerful video where choices /consequences of Knife crime are played out. Young people navigate the video with multiple choices available. #knifefree #primaryprevention

Zola facilitating the lesson with Kirklees college Public services students after the VR session the students have just gone through. Lesson unpicks the video and choices made. Clear learning objectives with outcomes as highlighted below. #primaryprevention #knifefree #education

Virtual Reality Headset sessions at Thornhill Academy. Thanks to Ray who was facilitating the workshops. #primaryprevention #knifefree #education

VR headset sessions now being booked for schools, colleges a d APs.
We are at Thornhill Academy today. #earlyintervention #knifefree

We are midway through a really busy week delivering our interventions across the region.
👉🏼Mentoring - Kirklees college, supporting a cohort of students.
👉🏼Virtual Reality Headsets - we are at Thornhill Academy ( Wednesday) delivering immersive VR sessions #knifefree #primaryprevention

Cont:
Supported and thanks must go to @westyorkshirevrp.bsky.social , Lee Berry and the Deputy Mayor Alison Lowe OBE #knifefree #education

VR headset sessions at Spen Valley. Groups of young people we are supporting in cohorts of up to 6 students. Immersive experience with the headsets and the lessons after the headset input really explore issues and themes within the VR headset session. #knifefree #education

Chicken boxes to return to Home Office with handwritten k... Move by Word on the Curb is in response to the government...

Genius move by @WordOnTheCurbUK - well done! Looking forward to seeing the results, and the response from @ukhomeoffice #knifefree
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/aug/19/chic...

Diane Abbott Leads Backlash Over 'Offensive' Anti-Knife Messages In Chicken Shops Home Office's #knifefree initiative to feature on more than 321,000 takeaway boxes.

Se crea campaña para prevenir crímenes de arma blanca en Reino Unido #KnifeFree.

La campaña consiste en describir historias reales de tales crímenes en cajas de comida rápida de pollo frito.

Y se arma un revuelo por considerarla RACISTA.
¿¡Por qué!?

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