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Knife Crime Awareness

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Target Audience: Young people aged 11–19

Format: Self-Paced Online Course / 60-Minute Classroom Workshop

What is this course about?

This is a critical, frank, and non-judgmental awareness course designed to e0quip young people with the facts they need to make safe life choices. It moves beyond headlines and challenges common myths to focus on real-life consequences and practical, safe strategies.

In collaboration with @FOS Coaching, this course is built to empower you to be a positive force in your own life and community.

Key Areas We Cover:

Module 1: The Reasons

  • Understanding the Push: We explore the key pressures that lead young people to carry knives, including fear, status, and the powerful influence of peers, social media, and music.

  • The “Why” Wall: Examine anonymous reasons why people carry weapons and pivot the discussion toward solutions.

Module 2: The Cost

  • Ryan’s Story (Case Study): Analyze a real-life scenario to see how small decisions quickly lead to devastating outcomes.

  • The Price Tag: A clear, factual breakdown of the life-long legal consequences: the impact of a permanent Criminal Record, time in prison, and travel limitations.

  • Group Liability: Understand the law of Joint Enterprise—how you can be charged and sentenced just for being present or helping plan an incident, even if you never touched a knife.

Module 3: Safe Choices

  • Myth Check: Challenge and dismantle the 10 most dangerous myths about carrying a knife (e.g., why carrying one actually puts you in greater danger).

  • Exit Strategies: Learn and practice concrete, non-confrontational techniques for exiting high-pressure situations and refusing peer pressure safely.

  • Getting Help: Identify and access confidential UK support pathways (like Fearless and Childline) so you know exactly who to turn to when you or a friend is at risk.

Outcomes:

By the end of this course, you will be able to clearly articulate the real dangers of knife crime, understand the permanent legal barriers a conviction creates, and feel confident in your ability to choose a safe, constructive path for your future.

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What Will You Learn?

  • Understand the main reasons young people may carry a knife.
  • Recognize the influence of peers, social media, and music on risky behaviours.
  • Identify the legal consequences of carrying or using a knife.
  • Learn practical conflict resolution and de-escalation strategies.
  • Know where and how to access help and support services.
  • Develop a personal action plan to manage peer pressure and make safer choices.
  • Reflect on how individual choices affect your future and others around you.

Course Content

Module 1: The Reasons
Understanding the Push: We explore the key pressures that lead young people to carry knives, including fear, status, and the powerful influence of peers, social media, and music.The "Why" Wall: Examine anonymous reasons why people carry weapons and pivot the discussion toward solutions.

  • Lesson 1.1: Welcome & Ground Rules
    00:15
  • Lesson 1.2: Why Carry?
    10:19
  • Activity: Interactive Poll
  • Lesson 1.3: Outside Pressure
    04:17
  • Activity: Reflecting on Influence
  • Lesson 1.4: Root Causes (The 5 Fs)

Module 2: The Cost
Ryan's Story (Case Study): Analyze a real-life scenario to see how small decisions quickly lead to devastating outcomes.The Price Tag: A clear, factual breakdown of the life-long legal consequences: the impact of a permanent Criminal Record, time in prison, and travel limitations.Group Liability: Understand the law of Joint Enterprise—how you can be charged and sentenced just for being present or helping plan an incident, even if you never touched a knife.

Module 3: Safe Choices
📝 Summary of Module 3: Safe Choices Module 3 shifts the focus from legal consequences to practical, proactive strategies, equipping the learner with the knowledge and skills needed to make safe choices, exit conflict, and seek help.3.1 Myth Check Content Type: 10 True/False Questions from the provided guide.Interaction: Interactive True/False QuizPurpose: To directly challenge and correct common misinformation about knife crime, self-defense, and legal rights. Learners receive instant feedback (the correct FACT) immediately upon submitting their answer for each question.3.2 Exiting Conflict Content Type: Text/Video Demonstrations of de-escalation and safe refusal techniques.Interaction: Branching Scenario Practice (Simulated Role-Play)Purpose: To build confidence in high-pressure situations. The user is presented with a complex, high-pressure scenario (e.g., peer demanding they participate in a conflict) and must choose the best, safest response from three provided options to successfully de-escalate and exit the situation.3.3 Getting Help Content Type: Display of key UK support contacts (e.g., Fearless, Childline, local police services).Interaction: Click-to-Reveal ActivityPurpose: To make critical support resources immediately accessible and familiar. Learners click on a support organization's logo (e.g., Childline) to reveal its associated phone number, contact details, and a brief description of the services it provides (e.g., "Confidential counselling for anyone under 19").

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