The West Yorkshire Violence Reduction Partnership is collaborating with the Ben Kinsella Trust as part of Knife Crime Awareness Week.

Join the community-based workshops, designed to support youth workers, practitioners, parents and carers, and wider communities with vital training on knife crime prevention.

Alongside the workshops, to support the ongoing Knife Crime Awareness campaigns there is also real-life stories and educational films which engage young people and communities leading to discussions about the consequences of knife crime.

Workshops

What to expect?

In this 2 hour virtual training programme you will explore the following topics:

  • Understanding knife crime from young people’s perspectives
  • The signs and stages of child exploitation 
  • Gangs and gang-life
  • Exploring the link between trauma and exploitation
  • Consider online harms, social media, slang and gang-related music
  • Understanding how ‘issues’ with peers can escalate and how young people can manage them.
  • Empowering young people to prevent harm; the SAFE ‘T’s approach
  • Having meaningful conversations about safety

Spaces are limited, so please secure your place by registering for one of the virtual workshops below.

If you’re a professional, register for one of the following workshops…

If you’re a parent or carer, register for one of the following workshops…

Awareness materials

You can watch and share our YouTube playlist of awareness materials for Knife Crime Awareness Week.

You can also visit the Ben Kinsella Trust website for more resources.