Art Against Knives

Art Against Knives

At a glance

Causes

  • Arts
  • Children / families
  • Community safety / victim support / domestic violence
  • Local / community
  • Young people

Other details

Geographical remit: 
Local

Objectives

We prevent youth violence through creativity, working with young people and their communities to enable lasting positive change. 

We embed creative spaces in London’s most isolated communities, co-designed with young people, that build on their strengths and create opportunity. In these spaces our team of creative, highly skilled professionals provide creative skills training, mentoring and specialist support.

Activities

  • We run creative and safe spaces that enable trusted relationships
  • We provide early intervention support when we recognise triggers. We react before and at first signs of risk.
  • We provide immediate, emergency support for those who are face high, multiple risks, including domestic abuse and child sexual exploitation

 

We provide:

  • Personal development- equipping young people with the tools required to overcome setbacks, learn from experience, control behaviours, make safe choices and increase self-esteem.
  • Strengthened social skills by providing a space for young people to interact safely with their peers, communities, and wider society and build new positive networks.
  •  Foundations for employability by introducing new practical and transferable skills to sustain them in(to) education, employment or training - including accredited training

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