During the February half term, a group of our young people had the opportunity to work with our friend and talented artist, Barry Reigate. Barry hosted them at his workshop and the young people collaborated with him, to design and paint a series of doors.

We need unwanted bikes for our youth initiative: #knivesdownbikesup Earlier this year we ran a ‘fix a bike and keep it’ workshop, which saw eight young people from the local community working with two bike mechanics to fix up donated bikes from Wandsworth Council, which they then got to keep. The initiative has continued, as part of a national campaign called #knivesdownbikesup and to date, more than 60 young people have taken part in these workshops.

There was a special moment last week, where all of the staff felt incredibly humbled by the kind words and recognition from one of our dedicated younger participants Josh. It is in moments like these, where we are offered an insight that demonstrates the importance within our service, and also how much it is appreciated. It is moments like this, where gratitude is shown that we are pleasantly reminded that all of our hard work and team efforts are paying off.   We also received this message from a boxing class participant: Dear Team, I would like to convey my thanks to the instructor from last night’s boxing class at Carney Community Centre. Unfortunately I did not get his name but it was Wednesday 8.15 pm class. He was fantastic – I do not know how he kept all the class happy but he did. I am an older woman attending […]

We really need your support this week! Up until 12pm on Tuesday 5th December, we are raising money to support our ‘Youth Crime Prevention Programme’. All donations given within this time frame, will then be doubled- as part of the Big Christmas Give. Our Target is £6,000 which if achieved, will be then be doubled to £12,000! Please support us to continue our important and heartfelt work within the community. Donate here.

Come down and show support for Callum, who has an upcoming fight on the 6th October at Tottenham Green Pools Fitness Centre!  

In the wake of multiple knife-related murders in the UK’s capital, activist and ex-gang member Joshua Osbourne takes an in-depth look at the “code of silence” in a documentary available on Vice.

As you will see, we have had a very busy and productive summer as we packed in as much as we could over the long holiday …