Helping young people to stop carrying and using knives: New approaches for youth work, schools, and criminal justice agencies 22 November 2007

Key questions for today  What advice should be given to young people who are carrying a knife or thinking of carrying one?  What advice should be given to friends, parents or family of young people who are carrying a knife or thinking of carrying one?  What should youth workers, teachers, police officers and others be doing to stop young people getting hurt or more deeply involved with knives and weapons?  What approaches are effective in tackling the wider but related issues of gangs and community conflict?

Programme 9.45Opening Session: New approaches and frameworks - Clare Thomas, City Bridge Trust - Gerard Lemos, Lemos&Crane - Alfred Hitchcock, Metropolitan Police Service - Kenny Frederick, George Green’s School Refreshments Case Studies – Part 1 - Rainer; Kickstart YIP/Crime Concern; Wandsworth Youth Offending Team 1.15 Lunch 2.15Case Studies – Part 2 (refreshments at 3.15) - London Probation; X-it Gang Desistance Programme; Conflict and Change 4.15 Departures

Opening Session: New approaches and frameworks for action

Introducing Fear and Fashion Clare Thomas Chief Grants Officer City Bridge Trust

September 1995 – November ,380 Grants Totalling £201m The City Bridge Trust Old London Bridge

Why Fear And Fashion? Children & Young People’s Programme 2003 Preventative work with young people Supports work which: “reduces violence and the use of weapons amongst young people”

Key Findings: A growing problem – 29% of school children had carried knives Reasons are “Fear” and “Fashion” Perpetrators also victims Lack of good practice examples – no evidence base Need for “demonstration projects” – holistic programmes Need for responsible national debate “Fear & Fashion: The Use of knives and other weapons by young people” Lemos & Crane 2004

The City Bridge Trust, City Parochial Foundation, Esmée Fairbairn, John Lyons and Wates Foundation £1.5m over 5 years – ‘Commissioning Model’ Two ‘hot-spots’:- Westminster/Brent Southwark/Lambeth “Fear & Fashion – Tackling Knife Culture” Exemplar Initiatives

“Fear & Fashion” Components Exemplars – 1 Southwark / Lambeth 3 Brent / Westminster Kickstart, Rainer, Paddington Development Trust, Leap (3 – 5years funding) Website – Knowledge Management, Lemos & Crane Action – Learning, Website Advisory Group – Strategic sounding board Funders Group Communications - attitudinal change Independent Evaluation

Fear & Fashion Timeline July 2003 CBT launch new priorities Feb 2004 Commission Research Oct 2004 Fear & Fashion Report launched Nov 2004 Follow up Action Learning Jan Funders 1 st meeting Dec 2005 Speed Dating June 2006 Proposals deadline Jun – Aug 2004 Selection process exemplars Oct 2006 Exemplars meeting Jan 2007 Advisory Group 1 st meeting Jan 2007 Projects’ Start Date Jan Year Review Jan 2012 Evaluation

Funders Group The City Bridge Trust, City Parochial Foundation, Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, John Lyon’s Charity & Wates Foundation Paddington Development Trust ‘The Uncut Project’ “The Exemplars” Brent WestminsterSouthwark/N. Lambeth Leap ProjectRainer ProjectCrime Concern ‘Kickstart’ Lemos and Crane Knowledge Management, Web Site, Communications, Action Learning Sets Components Advisory Group Chairman Roy Amlot QC

Kickstart – Southwark/Lambeth