POSTED: 13/04/2023
Great Places’ Community Investment Team has helped a local knife crime charity secure £7,700 to support its work in tackling knife crime in Greater Manchester.
With the support of Great Places’ the Merosworld Foundation a charity created by the family of schoolboy Rhamero West, the victim of a fatal stabbing in Trafford in September 2021, has secured a total of £7,700.
£5,000 secured from Manchester City Council’s Youth and Play Investment Fund will support a youth hub running from The Place in Fallowfield every Friday night. The Hub offers kids and teenagers that attend somewhere to relax, play, and socialise with others in a safe environment.
The remaining £2,700 from The Greater Manchester High Sheriffs Police Trust, will be used to instal more emergency bleed safety cabinets in locations around Manchester. These cabinets can be used to provide knife crime victims with lifesaving support while waiting for emergency response teams and, can be accessed using a code from 999 operators.
The funding support is part of Great Places’ ongoing work to combat knife crime, which included commissioning a schools documentary highlighting the impact of knife crime created by young people from Salford.
You can watch the documentary, from a joint enterprise local community-based filmmaker ReelMcr below.
If you would like to donate to Merosworld Foundation, you can find out more information on Just Giving.
