{"id":7646,"date":"2015-08-04T11:36:07","date_gmt":"2015-08-04T11:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tat.reddaisytrading.co.uk\/index.php\/2015\/08\/04\/lives-not-knives\/"},"modified":"2016-01-07T14:30:46","modified_gmt":"2016-01-07T14:30:46","slug":"lives-not-knives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2015\/08\/04\/lives-not-knives\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cLives Not Knives\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The continued development of the Communities Working Together initiative and following the recent launch of a New Knife Surrender Bin in Handsworth, a further New Knife Surrender Bin will be unveiled on Friday 7th<\/sup> August 2015 at 10.15am.\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong>This will make a total of 9 in Birmingham and 11 in the West Midlands to date, to help make our streets safer.<\/font><\/div>\n

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Green Lane Masjid and Community Centre<\/font><\/strong><\/div>\n

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20 Green Lane<\/font><\/strong><\/div>\n

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Small Heath <\/font><\/strong><\/div>\n

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B9 5DB<\/font><\/strong><\/div>\n

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Green Lane Masjid and Community Centre, a progressive organisation within the community, has identified the necessity to launch the project in the local Small Heath Community. \u00a0It will reach out to and encourage community organisations to work together on this vital project.\u00a0 This will lead to a safer environment and a proactive neighbourhood partnership.<\/font><\/div>\n

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It must also noted that Green Lane Masjid has conducted funerals for recent victims of knife incidences.<\/font><\/div>\n

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The Knife Surrender Bin has been supplied by British Ironworks of Owestry and installed by Green Lane Masjid and Community Centre. \u00a0<\/font><\/div>\n

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Community Activist Desmond Jaddoo of Birmingham Empowerment Forum who has arranged for this new Knife Surrender Bin says: \u201cThis is just continuing \u201cLive not Knives\u201d with all communities working together and taking responsibility for making our streets safer for our neighbours, families especially our children in the ever changing face of Birmingham\u201d<\/font><\/div>\n

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Amer Ijaz Centre Manager says, <\/strong><\/u>\u201cGreen Lane Masjid and Community Centre believes that it is for each of us to take responsibility for the society in which we live.\u00a0 It is with this in mind that we have joined forces with the Birmingham Empowerment Forum on the Live not Knives project.\u00a0 This initiative will empower individuals and groups to break out of a cycle of violent crime by joining this knife surrender in a trusted location.\u00a0 God willing, such initiatives will pave the way for a new start for those previously involved in crime and will make our communities a safer place for everybody.\u201d <\/font><\/div>\n

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Deputy Police & Crime Commissioner Yvonne Mosquito says, \u201cOne life taken by the use of a knife is one life too many. <\/span>This is a community-led project in which local people have taken a big step to get knives off our streets. <\/span>For this knife surrender campaign to succeed we all need to encourage the whole community to get behind it and once and for all say no to violence. <\/span>I fully support this initiative and\u00a0would like to thank all those who have worked so hard to bring this about.\u201d<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n

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Detective Inspector Nick Dale, West Midlands Police\u2019s lead for knife crime, says, \u201cKnife crime continues to fall in the West Midlands despite a slight increase nationally. However, people\u2019s lives are still affected by knife crime every day so we cannot afford to be complacent. Community initiatives like this are extremely important in the fight against knife crime. <\/font><\/div>\n

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The Knife Surrender Bin is to be unveiled by Deputy Police & Crime Commissioner Yvonne Mosquito and\u00a0 Shabana Mahmood MP<\/font><\/div>\n


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