{"id":92049,"date":"2018-05-17T23:15:14","date_gmt":"2018-05-17T23:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=eb499eda1cb1524d10b1f14595471421"},"modified":"2018-05-17T23:15:14","modified_gmt":"2018-05-17T23:15:14","slug":"press-release-1-million-of-home-office-funding-to-boost-fight-against-knife-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=92049","title":{"rendered":"Press release: \u00a31 million of Home Office funding to boost fight against knife crime"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The successful community groups will receive up to \u00a330,000 each to help support the vital work they do to educate young people about the dangers of carrying weapons.<\/p>\n

Last year, hundreds of charities bid from an initial \u00a3765,000 worth of funding. By investing a further \u00a31 million this year in early intervention initiatives the Home Office will provide critical support to local communities to help tackle knife crime.<\/p>\n

This additional funding forms just one of over 60 measures announced in the Serious Violence Strategy<\/a> which stresses the importance of early intervention to tackle the root causes of serious violence, backed with \u00a340 million of Home Office funding.<\/p>\n

Minister for Crime, Safeguarding and Vulnerability Victoria Atkins said:<\/p>\n

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I have seen the fantastic work charities have delivered with the community fund and I\u2019m thrilled the next round will allow us to build on these successes.<\/p>\n

Knife crime has devastating consequences for families and local communities and we are determined to provide necessary support for those most at risk.<\/p>\n

Our Serious Violence Strategy places a new emphasis on early intervention and steering young people away from crime in the first place.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Already, 47 charities across the country have benefited from the Community Fund<\/a>, including the London-based Ben Kinsella Trust and the Coventry-based Positive Youth Foundation.<\/p>\n

CEO of the Positive Youth Foundation, Rashid Bhayat said:<\/p>\n

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Knife crime is a serious issue that the youth-work sector has been addressing sensitively for many years. Whilst not all areas have the same level of challenges, even one incident is one too many.<\/p>\n

As an organisation, we are working very closely with young people, voluntary sector groups, the local authority and the police to ensure that young people in Coventry have a safe place to learn about the devastating consequences of carrying weapons.<\/p>\n

The funding from the Home Office provided the opportunity to have these meaningful conversations. I would encourage organisations to apply to this funding round, as it will allow for much needed support and interventions for young people most at risk.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The Serious Violence Strategy recognises the importance of preventing often hard-to-reach young people from becoming involved in serious violence.<\/p>\n

Alongside the strategy the Home Office launched #knifefree a communications campaign which helps share information on social media about the risk of carrying a knife, its effects and how to make the right decisions.<\/p>\n

By investing in early intervention and education we will help give critical support for young people to provide them with the tools and opportunity they need to live violence-free lives.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Charities in England and Wales can bid from today for a share of a \u00a31 million Home Office fund to help steer young people away from gangs and violent crime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92049"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=92049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92049\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=92049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=92049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=92049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}