Knives Wreck Lives

The Campaign

Woking and Spelthorne have no knife crime, but both youth councils felt it was an important issue that was affecting young people nationwide.

They wanted to make sure both areas stayed a knife crime free area and also show their support to the young people in other cities who have been affected greatly by knife crime.

During the summer holidays, the two youth councils met several times to discuss what they wanted to achieve, how they were going to achieve it and who was their target audience.

Knives Wreck Lives was created and as a physical reminder to all young people a wristband was chosen as a way to get the message across.

Surrey Police are supporting the campaign, as are Woking Borough Council, and The Safer Woking Partnership.

The bands are to be given out to all young people within the two borough's via schools, youth centres and youth groups.

As well as giving out the bands to young people the youth councils felt it needed the support of local groups and national celebrities.

Lots of people have been approached to wear the bands and support the campaign.

When a band is given out young people and adults will be asked to sign a pledge.

The pledge is

`I support the anti knife campaign and will not carry a knife on me. I will also encourage others to stay away from knives.'

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Visit to Houses of Parliament

Several youth councillors from both Woking and Spelthorne went to the Houses of Parliament to meet with the two local MP's to discuss the campaign and to hand over the signed pledges.

Both MP's were very supportive of the campaign and fully supported the two youth councils work on it. Over 10,000 people signed the pledge between the two area showing how many young people do not support knife crime here or anywhere in the UK.

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