Ep 5: Today I talk to Safiya who plays a major part in her community, such a big part she may soon become a councillor.
Episode Description
In this episode I talk to Safiya Saeed, the creator and project coordinator of Big Brother Burngreave and Sister Hood. We discuss the worries we have about young people, how she feels when people start to fasten their bags and move their coats when her and her young people are in the waiting areas. We look at the role of the police and how there needs to be a bridge between them and young people. Finally we share our experiences of schools and how they need to engage with their community groups more before issue occur.
Contact Safiya:
www.instagram.com/reachupyouth
If you have been effected by any kind of serious violence, changed your life around or are trying to make a difference and want to share your story, please get in touch www.alwaysanalternative.org.uk.
Always An Alternative
We are a non-profit organisation created with the ultimate aim of reducing serious youth violence: Knife crime, gun crime and gangs by engaging the youthful minds of today. We deem education as vital in order to achieve our goals offering a variety of educational routes to inform young people about the risk of serious youth violence. All routes have two main topics, knife crime and Gun crime/gangs and start with an engagement session to allow students to decide some of the non-mandatory topics of decision.
Find more about the work we do here:
www.alwaysanalternative.org.uk
The Host
Anthony L. Olaseinde an award winning anti-knife crime campaigner, entrepreneur and author of One Knife Many Lives from Sheffield, who bases his success on how much he can give back has featured on BBC Breakfast Show, BBC Look North, ITV, ITV Calender, Yorkshire Post, Sheffield Star, Sheffield Live, BBC Radio Sheffield and Just News.
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One Knife Many Lives captures the hard-hitting story of those who feel the devastating impact of knife crime. Through personal experience and engagement with victims, the author gives you an insight into the challenges that many young people face depicting the brutal realities, while highlighting depression, domestic abuse, and suicide. Although this book is fictional, the dangers of knife crime are VERY REAL.
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