Teachers described themselves as acting as ‘security guards’ and ‘police officers’.
People attend a protest against knife crime at the location in south London where 15-year-old Elianne Andam was stabbed to death in September 2023.
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Until government addresses the link between cuts to funding public services and the rise in knife crime, the violence children and young people are facing will continue.
A significant number of the former detainees have run foul of the law since their release. After the matter was reported, the ministers did a single interview each as they tried to dodge the spotlight.
The “zero responders” – bystanders who proactively assist – play a pivotal role in the immediate response to crisis. They can be key players in preventing, reporting and containing a violent incident.
Gentrification happens when attempts to build bridges between disenfranchised people and their better-off peers go awry – but it doesn’t have to be this way.