THERESA CAVE, mum of fatally stabbed teenager Chris Cave, is inviting schools and other youth organisations to sign up for a hard-hitting programme to try to prevent weapon-related crime.
POINT7 is designed to give young people a broader understanding of the often terrible and hurtful effects on the lives of family, friends and knife / gun crime victims.
The following video highlights the devastation and pain caused by knife and gun crime, and shows excerpts from the POINT7 initiative:
POINT7 is a Tilly award nominee and features on page 12 of ‘Tackling knife crime together - a review of local anti-knife crime projects’ a report orchestrated by Brooke Kinsella in 2011 stating the programme should be prevalent in all schools (Brooke is the sister of another young man, Ben Kinsella from London, killed in a knife attack).
More details about POINT7 programme, which is presented free, can be found on The Chris Cave Foundation website.
Showing posts with label knife crime video. Show all posts
Showing posts with label knife crime video. Show all posts
Friday, July 31, 2015
Monday, June 16, 2014
Youth violence and knife crime - a short film
EX-EASTENDERS actor Ray Panthaki has produced an anti-knife crime video to try to steer young people away from a culture of violence.
He produced it as a tribute to Ben Kinsella, the brother of former Eastenders actress Brooke Kinsella, after he was stabbed to death in London in June 2008.
“The film reflects what I witnessed. It was a family, one of the most loving families I have ever met, falling apart one by one. In the film I am trying to get across the effect on that family, that they each lost a part of them that day and they will never be the same again. That is the harsh reality.”
He produced it as a tribute to Ben Kinsella, the brother of former Eastenders actress Brooke Kinsella, after he was stabbed to death in London in June 2008.
“The film reflects what I witnessed. It was a family, one of the most loving families I have ever met, falling apart one by one. In the film I am trying to get across the effect on that family, that they each lost a part of them that day and they will never be the same again. That is the harsh reality.”
Sunday, July 22, 2012
Olympic Games help for those hurt by violent crime
How do you move on after a loved one, a friend, a relative, has been killed - stabbed to death or shot? Or perhaps badly maimed or disabled for life?
I'm not sure if the video here will help - but it made me think it is similar for many who have been affected by violence.
Life seems to be going ok, you're gearing up for some good things ahead. Then - out of the blue - you suffer a most devastating loss, someone kills a loved one.
Filled with immense pain and confusion, you crumple to the floor... can't go on. You lie there, bewildered, suffering, struggling to come to terms with such loss, deep grief, sorrow impossible to put into words.
And then, after much time has passed, you start to think about getting up.
In this video, a ordinary man, trained as an athlete, goes through all this in the spotlight of the Olympic Games. He breaks down in front of tens of thousands, gets up, sobs with pain, intense pain... he could be you struggling with grief, confusion, loss, hurt. Someone comes to help him (his father) and he carries on - but still in pain.
Life seemed ok up to that point. Watch the video if you think it might help; it's timely because it's connected to the Olympics - but it could be you, your family or friends trying to deal with loss.
Maybe it will help you carry on when life deals a hard blow, so painful you fall to the ground in tears and pain. I hope it can reach you, can help you, can comfort you...
Life seems to be going ok, you're gearing up for some good things ahead. Then - out of the blue - you suffer a most devastating loss, someone kills a loved one.
Filled with immense pain and confusion, you crumple to the floor... can't go on. You lie there, bewildered, suffering, struggling to come to terms with such loss, deep grief, sorrow impossible to put into words.
And then, after much time has passed, you start to think about getting up.
Derek Redmond, British athlete - badly injured but not out
In this video, a ordinary man, trained as an athlete, goes through all this in the spotlight of the Olympic Games. He breaks down in front of tens of thousands, gets up, sobs with pain, intense pain... he could be you struggling with grief, confusion, loss, hurt. Someone comes to help him (his father) and he carries on - but still in pain.
Life seemed ok up to that point. Watch the video if you think it might help; it's timely because it's connected to the Olympics - but it could be you, your family or friends trying to deal with loss.
Maybe it will help you carry on when life deals a hard blow, so painful you fall to the ground in tears and pain. I hope it can reach you, can help you, can comfort you...
Saturday, November 13, 2010
International knife crime blog: submit information + views etc here
Apologies that I've not been writing more posts for this blog lately, but if you have some news, information, reflections, whatever you think etc, about knife / gun / violent crime you'd like to share (video, audio, podcast, words, poems, photos etc) feel free to contact me.
Simply use a comment box (click here to see one) and send me a message. I'll get back to you if you leave contact details such as email address, phone number etc. You can also use the comment box to send a post that I will always aim to publish on this blog (I can add names or publish it as anonymous - just let me know; trained as a professional journalist, sources are always protected... but please don't abuse that privilege; that tends to come to light).
It will be good to hear from you - especially if your motives are peaceful. m.
Simply use a comment box (click here to see one) and send me a message. I'll get back to you if you leave contact details such as email address, phone number etc. You can also use the comment box to send a post that I will always aim to publish on this blog (I can add names or publish it as anonymous - just let me know; trained as a professional journalist, sources are always protected... but please don't abuse that privilege; that tends to come to light).
It will be good to hear from you - especially if your motives are peaceful. m.
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Killing of my brother, by Tom Cave - aged 9
Toying with the idea of using violence today? Using a knife or a gun? Think on young Tom's message...
"I was three when they stabbed him.
"Mam told me he had gone on a train to the sky.
"The 'kids' told me there was lots of blood everywhere...
"My mam tells me to 'share' my thoughts and i do. Now i am nine and i understand exactly what happened to my brother and i can deal with it because i shared my thoughts and questions with mam.
"I find it better to cope with now as even though i loved him i can hardly remember him so its easy for me to cope.
"I will never have another brother because they stole my future when they murdered my brother. Don't be like me - sad, lonely and angry and confused as to who i am because you would not like it at all.
"I am lucky i have life and love and my mam who's got lots of memories to keep my brother alive in my head - my heart is his.
"Please dont kill because you can live a good life because you too are loved by many."
Tom's mum, Theresa Cave, has become part of an impactful knife and gun crime programme called Point 7 which has been building steady support in the UK.
Theresa set up a proactive memorial group - the Chris Cave Foundation (on Facebook) - to remember her son, beaten and killed in a stabbing, as well as campaign against knife and other violent crime.
She describes the Point 7 programme, which she and Tom have been involved with, as "wonderfully impactful" and "very much in demand".
She said: "The presentation consists of films, true experiences, weaponry and their uses in the streets - and professionals such as the paramedics, youth offending teams and police come together to present what I would say is the most impactive, hard-hitting, lasting memory of the consequences that are to be had choosing a life of violent crime.
"Point 7 show the most serious and brutal of wounds to actual victims and even animals. Knife and guns are on show and debates take place between the young people present.
"True life stories and heart wrenching results are always to be had with this presentation given freely by this wonderfully expert team of professional people dedicated to the cause and to the youths of today."
Read Press coverage about the Point 7 anti-knife crime / anti-violence programme (the Sunday Sun)
The presentation is available to adult organisations and agencies accross the country and training is on offer to anyone wanting it. Toolkits are available (soon) and the workshops are in six parts.
For anyone wishing to know more about this anti-knife crime, anti-gun, anti violence programme, please call 01642 498451 or 07981 991482 for more information.
"I was three when they stabbed him.
"Mam told me he had gone on a train to the sky.
"The 'kids' told me there was lots of blood everywhere...
"My mam tells me to 'share' my thoughts and i do. Now i am nine and i understand exactly what happened to my brother and i can deal with it because i shared my thoughts and questions with mam.
"I find it better to cope with now as even though i loved him i can hardly remember him so its easy for me to cope.
"I will never have another brother because they stole my future when they murdered my brother. Don't be like me - sad, lonely and angry and confused as to who i am because you would not like it at all.
"I am lucky i have life and love and my mam who's got lots of memories to keep my brother alive in my head - my heart is his.
"Please dont kill because you can live a good life because you too are loved by many."
... from: Tom Cave (aged 9).
Tom's mum, Theresa Cave, has become part of an impactful knife and gun crime programme called Point 7 which has been building steady support in the UK.
Theresa set up a proactive memorial group - the Chris Cave Foundation (on Facebook) - to remember her son, beaten and killed in a stabbing, as well as campaign against knife and other violent crime.
She describes the Point 7 programme, which she and Tom have been involved with, as "wonderfully impactful" and "very much in demand".
She said: "The presentation consists of films, true experiences, weaponry and their uses in the streets - and professionals such as the paramedics, youth offending teams and police come together to present what I would say is the most impactive, hard-hitting, lasting memory of the consequences that are to be had choosing a life of violent crime.
"Point 7 show the most serious and brutal of wounds to actual victims and even animals. Knife and guns are on show and debates take place between the young people present.
"True life stories and heart wrenching results are always to be had with this presentation given freely by this wonderfully expert team of professional people dedicated to the cause and to the youths of today."
Read Press coverage about the Point 7 anti-knife crime / anti-violence programme (the Sunday Sun)
The presentation is available to adult organisations and agencies accross the country and training is on offer to anyone wanting it. Toolkits are available (soon) and the workshops are in six parts.
For anyone wishing to know more about this anti-knife crime, anti-gun, anti violence programme, please call 01642 498451 or 07981 991482 for more information.
Monday, October 19, 2009
Racism - watch it on BBC Panorama... what are you doing about it?
This is racism. Two undercover reporters have clearly exposed the truth about many people's views about racism in this country.
Words can't describe how I felt watching this. No wonder reporter Tamanna Rahman was crying and fearful. She was smashed in the face and victim of an attempted mugging, among other abuse.
Just watch and read to be horrified:
BBC Panaroma film on racism and anti-social behaviour in Bristol
Soon we hope Sean Ganderton is locked away behind bars (in fact, that should happen this very night, else there's no justice in this country), and 11-year-old Sonny Clark faces some public authority 'intervention'. That's two names to watch out for and avoid in the future.
(If you are a friend of Sean Ganderton on Facebook, I trust you will quietly leave his friendship network.)
Why name Sonny Clark, aged 11? Because he threatened to knife Tamanna. He is a killer in the making, surely.
Words can't describe how I felt watching this. No wonder reporter Tamanna Rahman was crying and fearful. She was smashed in the face and victim of an attempted mugging, among other abuse.
Just watch and read to be horrified:
BBC Panaroma film on racism and anti-social behaviour in Bristol
Soon we hope Sean Ganderton is locked away behind bars (in fact, that should happen this very night, else there's no justice in this country), and 11-year-old Sonny Clark faces some public authority 'intervention'. That's two names to watch out for and avoid in the future.
(If you are a friend of Sean Ganderton on Facebook, I trust you will quietly leave his friendship network.)
Why name Sonny Clark, aged 11? Because he threatened to knife Tamanna. He is a killer in the making, surely.
Friday, June 12, 2009
George Kinsella on knife crime and sentencing of his son Ben's killers - video
Thought I would try to piece together the full text of the emotional but careful and measured reaction from George Kinsella to the sentencing of the killers of his 16-year-old son Ben Kinsella.
Mr Kinsella said: "How many families like ours will have to stand on the street outside the Old Bailey to get justice?
"Knife crime is now sadly embedded in the heart of Great Britain, always running the lives of gangs and feral youths.
"Parents live in fear until their children are safely home. It could be a wrong word, a wrong look or the wrong postcode.
"In Ben's case, it was something which was nothing to do with him at all."
To my mind, it was an insightful, informative perspective on this nation's knife crime problem.
I'll add and edit this post over a few days - I need to trawl the web's news sources, get it into reasonable shape and order. Feel free to send your comments or parts of the reaction that I may miss or not got quite right.
Mr Kinsella said: "How many families like ours will have to stand on the street outside the Old Bailey to get justice?
"Knife crime is now sadly embedded in the heart of Great Britain, always running the lives of gangs and feral youths.
"Parents live in fear until their children are safely home. It could be a wrong word, a wrong look or the wrong postcode.
"In Ben's case, it was something which was nothing to do with him at all."
Life sentences for Ben Kinsella's killers - video of reaction and comment from family and officials at the Old Bailey after the knife crime case.
Saturday, February 07, 2009
Mothers Against Violence North East - Stabbing video and group info, links
Theresa Cave, organiser of Mothers Against Violence North East (MAV) - whose son Chris was stabbed to death in 2003 - has asked me to point people at her anti-violence group and some related links and video content.
First, here's her 'Stop the Stabbings' video, produced for the UK government's Home Office:
Join the Mothers Against Violence North East Facebook group.
Also, I'm adding MAVNE to the resource section of this blog.
Here's the note from Theresa:
"Hi Mark, just had a quick look on your blog page. I found it to be very good, don't know how I haven't seen it before. My name's Theresa Cave (Mothers against Violence North East) and I wondered if you would add us to your page.
"Please take a look at the groups page and other groups I have also gone too. I have campaigned against knife crime since 2003 when I lost my son to the knife aged 17.
"It is a long hard fight which I feel needs more attention now more than ever although it has dropped ever so slightly of late in this area. I would like to know more about your work if it is possible and would like to invite you to see the campaign video that I did for the Home Office in the 'It Doesnt Have To Happen' campaign last year.
"The video is on YouTube Home Office site under 'Stop the Stabbings'. I also did the radio ad that is out now nationally.
"I feel very deeply on the subject and would welcome any advice / help you can offer me. I work around with youth in schools, colleges and uni and also have talked in attendance centres and the likes.
"If you know of any youth groups / organisations that would like me to visit them please let me know as distance to me is not an issue but getting the word across is a big one. Thanks for your time - hope to hear from you - bye, Theresa Cave."
And for your info, here's my reply. If anyone else is interested in posting information about their groups here, feel free to contact me:
"Hi Theresa - I'm just posting some info about your group on my blog - http://knifecrime.blogspot.com. Do add a link to the blog from your site - it all helps get the word round etc.
"It is always upsetting when people get in touch about the death of a loved one from knife crime or other violence. I'm deeply sorry you lost Chris to this knife scourge we seem to be plagued with.
"I started this blog as a memorial to Jacky Marshall, a McDonalds manager I went to help when she was fatally stabbed on a Saturday lunchtime at Chichester. I also hoped - and still work to achieve - that the site could develop into a useful vehicle for effecting positive change in a UK culture seemingly obsessed by violence, at least at times.
"My time is limited and I do what I can. It's a gradual, drip, drip, drip approach. Personally, I think the campaign work you describe is excellent - by pressing on the way you have been is all about being part of 'the solution'. Don't wear yourself out, remember to conserve your energy as you chip away.
"As I come across people, groups, news, networks, initiatives etc I add the information to this blog. Keep an eye on it - sign up to regular emails in the box on the right hand side of the blog. I'll certainly point people in your direction, as and when.
"My mum's family are all from the north east - I know Redcar quite well and my Gran lives in Staithes, near Whitby! Small world! My thoughts and prayers are with you.
"Best wishes, Mark."
First, here's her 'Stop the Stabbings' video, produced for the UK government's Home Office:
Join the Mothers Against Violence North East Facebook group.
Also, I'm adding MAVNE to the resource section of this blog.
Here's the note from Theresa:
"Hi Mark, just had a quick look on your blog page. I found it to be very good, don't know how I haven't seen it before. My name's Theresa Cave (Mothers against Violence North East) and I wondered if you would add us to your page.
"Please take a look at the groups page and other groups I have also gone too. I have campaigned against knife crime since 2003 when I lost my son to the knife aged 17.
"It is a long hard fight which I feel needs more attention now more than ever although it has dropped ever so slightly of late in this area. I would like to know more about your work if it is possible and would like to invite you to see the campaign video that I did for the Home Office in the 'It Doesnt Have To Happen' campaign last year.
"The video is on YouTube Home Office site under 'Stop the Stabbings'. I also did the radio ad that is out now nationally.
"I feel very deeply on the subject and would welcome any advice / help you can offer me. I work around with youth in schools, colleges and uni and also have talked in attendance centres and the likes.
"If you know of any youth groups / organisations that would like me to visit them please let me know as distance to me is not an issue but getting the word across is a big one. Thanks for your time - hope to hear from you - bye, Theresa Cave."
And for your info, here's my reply. If anyone else is interested in posting information about their groups here, feel free to contact me:
"Hi Theresa - I'm just posting some info about your group on my blog - http://knifecrime.blogspot.com. Do add a link to the blog from your site - it all helps get the word round etc.
"It is always upsetting when people get in touch about the death of a loved one from knife crime or other violence. I'm deeply sorry you lost Chris to this knife scourge we seem to be plagued with.
"I started this blog as a memorial to Jacky Marshall, a McDonalds manager I went to help when she was fatally stabbed on a Saturday lunchtime at Chichester. I also hoped - and still work to achieve - that the site could develop into a useful vehicle for effecting positive change in a UK culture seemingly obsessed by violence, at least at times.
"My time is limited and I do what I can. It's a gradual, drip, drip, drip approach. Personally, I think the campaign work you describe is excellent - by pressing on the way you have been is all about being part of 'the solution'. Don't wear yourself out, remember to conserve your energy as you chip away.
"As I come across people, groups, news, networks, initiatives etc I add the information to this blog. Keep an eye on it - sign up to regular emails in the box on the right hand side of the blog. I'll certainly point people in your direction, as and when.
"My mum's family are all from the north east - I know Redcar quite well and my Gran lives in Staithes, near Whitby! Small world! My thoughts and prayers are with you.
"Best wishes, Mark."
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