The Ben Kinsella Trust Our Work and Impact

The Ben Kinsella Trust Our Work and Impact Patrick Green CEO

• Founded in 2008 following the murder of Ben Kinsella • Campaigning for justice and action to prevent knife crime • Created an interactive space to demonstrate the lasting impact that knife crime has on victim, offender, family and friends • Delivering anti-knife workshops to 11, 000 young people since 2012

Our Workshops and Exhibition Space

The Ben Kinsella Exhibition

The Ben Kinsella Exhibition

Our Workshop Programme Primary Schools – Choices and Consequences Secondary Schools - Choices and Consequences All Girls – Choices and Consequences Youth Offending – The Best You Parents – The Power in Us

Impact Report 2012 -15 What our Impact Report found • 9% of Young People thought a knife would protect them • 3% of Young People had carried a knife Results after our workshop • 2% of Young People thought a knife would protect them • 2% of young People would continue to carry a knife

Our Anti-Knife Crime Campaigning

Campaigning

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Serious Violence Strategy The Ben Kinsella Trust is a member of the Home Office’s Serious Violence Taskforce. The Taskforce’s aim is to stop the recent increases in serious violence and see levels of violent crime reduce. It will hold the Government and others to account; evaluate the Strategy’s impact; and commission further work as commitments are delivered.

Free Resources • Ben Kinsella Trust’s Lesson Plans for Key Stage 2, 3, 4 www. benkinsella. org. uk/files/The-Ben-Kinsella-Trust-%E 2%80%93 supporting-lessons. docx. pdf • A Parents Guide to Knife Crime www. benkinsella. org. uk/files/Hand-Out-Knife-Crime-BKT. pdf • No Knives Better Lives http: //noknivesbetterlives. com/

Thank You Contact: patrick. green@benkinsella, org. uk 07736468869