{"id":62189,"date":"2025-02-14T14:22:47","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T14:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/?p=62189"},"modified":"2025-02-14T14:30:22","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T14:30:22","slug":"sheffield-campaigner-calls-for-action-to-prevent-knife-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/02\/14\/sheffield-campaigner-calls-for-action-to-prevent-knife-crime\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheffield campaigner calls for action to prevent knife crime"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A Sheffield knife crime campaigner has called for change as he claims that the police and the government are not doing enough to prevent knife attacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anthony ‘Big Ant<\/strong>‘ Olaseinde, a campaigner from the organisation \u2018Always an Alternative\u2019 believes that the reason for the rise in knife crime is an issue regarding young people’s mindsets and a lack of trust between communities and the police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This follows the recent knife attack in a Sheffield school and the resulting death of a 15-year-old school boy named Harvey Willgoose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Big Ant has visited 24 secondary schools across South Yorkshire to discuss knife crime and organized several projects including weapon bins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the second call for reform in schools after Mark Willgoose, father of Harvey Willgoose, called for the implementation of knife arches into schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The parents of Harvey Wilgoose said: “That’s what we’re pushing for. We just want to keep kids safe. We just don’t want anyone to go through what we have.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr Olaseinde said: \u201cWe went into schools and we realised that the knife wasn’t really the problem, it was the mindset of the person holding it\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Big Ant’s call for action comes after a survey commissioned by Sky News which found that 18 percent, or one in five teachers admitted they’ve seen a student carrying a knife in school. Results have also found that six percent of teachers admitted to being aware of a student carrying a knife in the past year alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Big Ant said: \u201cWe started looking at more deep rooted issues, looking at teaching and how to deal with conflict\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sharing the importance of educating younger people, he said: \u201cThey are especially good because they are on knife crime and serious youth violence which will help prevent them from making a poor life choice\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Picture taken from Always an Alternative website<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Research statistics from a teacher specific survey tool, Teacher Tapp, highlights around 90 percent of teachers have not been given any training on how to appropriately handle knife crime related instances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Statistics from South Yorkshire Police in 2019 found that 26 percent of named knife crime related offenders were under the age of 18, committing a range of offences from possession to murder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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