Newcastle United Foundation receives grant from Home Office
Newcastle United Foundation has been awarded a grant of more than £20,000 by the Home Office to deliver anti-knife crime sessions across Newcastle.
Funded through the government’s Anti-Knife Crime Community Fund, the project will run multiple school outreach assemblies, as well as four week in-school programmes across the region.
These sessions will cover a broad range of topics, from the laws and risks around knife crime to the impact of violent crime on victims.
As a result of the funding, the Foundation will be able to further support the Home Office in delivering its anti-knife crime campaign #Knifefree.
Jacqueline Critchley, Youth Violence Project Coordinator at Newcastle United Foundation said:
“We’re in a really lucky position working for Newcastle United Foundation where the football club is such a big part of our city and community. It’s important that we can use the club to engage young people in issues that do affect them.
We want to prevent young people from getting involved in knife crime violence. We want to educate them. We will work with street doctors who educate young people in emergency first aid.”
Knox Walton, Youth Offending Team Manager at Newcastle City Council added: “This funding offers a great opportunity to enhance multi-agency partnership work to engage positively with young people and maintain the low rate of knife related crime in Newcastle.”
By engaging with the Home Office and sharing the successes, the Anti-Knife Crime project will be invaluable to the development of future campaigns with the Newcastle United Foundation