Video Interviews
Follow the video Links to watch or listen to interviews conducted with Campaigners, Politicians and victims' family.
01
Sue Hedges
Anti-knife Crime Campaigner whose son, Ricky Hayden was killed in 2015. She remembers how her son died. Sue pleads for more media coverage to spread the message and she's asking for more people to volunteer to tackle knife crime.
02
Farah London - Politician
Interview with Farah London, independent Mayoral candidate in the last Mayoral election in London. She accompanied the anti-knife crime campaigners to city hall to deliver a petition and wheelie bill full of knives - 1100 knives collected from the street of East London. She spoke about why she'll do a better job than mayor, Sadiq Khan.
03
Ben Spann - Youth Activist
Ben founded the Change Your Life, Put Down Your Knife Campaign based in Leamington Spa in the Midlands. He is in London for a campaign event at city hall.
04
Binning Knives Saves Lives
Binning Knives Saves Lives founder Courtney Barrett shows off 1100 knives volunteers collected off the streets of Waltham Forest county. He was at the Mayor's office in May 2020 to hand a wheelie bin containing the knives, and also to hand in a petition to the mayor, demanding action in stopping violent crime in London.