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PLEASE HELP US TO SAVE YOUNG LIVES, TEXT STREETS FOLLOWED BY THE DONATION AMOUNT TO 70480.

We believe that our streets are safer with knives in amnesty bins, rather than pockets,  so we are  campaigning for knife amnesty bins across the Borough of Walsall.  We also believe that young people have a vital role to play in creating long term solutions to serious youth violence. 
 
It is a key objective for our charity, to engage with the young, to understand their perspectives and to help create opportunities to use that knowledge constructively… to save young lives.

Please Follow this link for alternative ways to donate:

#safer
streets

#saferstreets

Tell us where and when you feel unsafe,  we will use this information to identify hot spots and direct services to promote safety. All information is used in complete confidence.

#weare
listening

#wearelistening

The James Brindley Foundation believes that every young person, at risk of entering the criminal justice system, or who is already engaging in criminalised behaviours, is capable of positive change. Some young people feel neglected, labelled and stigmatised by society despite understanding why knife crime is increasing and what needs to be done about it.

We want to provide a platform for these young people to express their views and play their part in ending youth violence.

#lasting
legacy

lasting legacy

The main purpose of the #saferstreets campaign is to ensure there are more knife amnesty bins so knives and bladed weapons can be disposed of safely and anonymously, these knife bins are emptied by specialist teams (not the Police) and either ground down to mulch or chopped and recycled.

We would value your feedback as to how these recycled knives could be used in the manufacture of something useful for the community, please follow the link above to give us your ideas and feedback!

What
3Words

What3words is an easy to use software platform designed to provide accurate location information anywhere in the world. The app divides the world into 3m squares and gives each square a unique address which is a combination of three words.

What3words addresses are easy to say and share, and as accurate as GPS coordinates, it is also recognised by emergency services, taxi, food & parcel delivery services.

You can provide us with the what3words of any location you don’t feel safe, using the link above if you don’t already have the app.

We will use what3words to show locations of all our amnesty knife bins across Walsall.

Bin That Knife

WHAT IS #SAFERSTREETS?

Courtesy of BBC Midlands Today.

MYTHS v FACTS

Use our Myth buster below to get answers to some very popular misconceptions about Knife Bins.

Knife bins are monitored by the Police

Knife bins are a completely confidential way to dispose of weapons – the Police are NOT watching. Neither are we!

Knife bins are emptied by the Police

All knife bins are emptied by specialist third party contractors who decommission the weapons.

Knives can end up back on the streets

Weapons are put beyond use. There is NO way that they can find their way back into circulation.

Knives are fingerprinted to link with individuals with criminal records

This does not happen. Knives remain completely anonymous for disposal.

Knife bins are insecure and can be broken into to become a source of weapons for crime

Knife bins have been designed specifically to be tamper proof.

No one will use knife amnesty bins

Statistics tell us that they are very well used indeed in all locations that instil confidence of anonymity for users.

saferstreets launch

THE SAFER STREETS LAUNCH EVENT 24TH FEBRUARY 2023

Our thanks to everyone involved for attending the launch event for our very first knife amnesty bin in Aldridge.

PLEASE HELP US TO SAVE YOUNG LIVES, TEXT STREETS FOLLOWED BY THE DONATION AMOUNT TO 70480.

If someone's life is in danger dial 999

Talk to us...

You may discover some things about your child, your friend or young people in your care that concern you. Try not to react, stay calm and ask for support….

Contact the James Brindley Foundation now, for expert, non-judgemental help and advice, in confidence –

Tel: 0121 752 2610. Email: talk@jamesbrindleyfoundation.co.uk

Currently, The James Brindley Foundation is unable to respond to urgent, out of hours calls and emails, until the next working day.

PLEASE HELP US TO SAVE YOUNG LIVES, TEXT STREETS FOLLOWED BY THE DONATION AMOUNT TO 70480.

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