Weapons Awareness Course

BE Safe have been delivering weapons awareness courses for the last six years and have had great success working with Schools, youth groups, excluded groups and young offenders as part of the preventative programmes, reparation and restorative justice.

A recent course in East London

Be Safe are in the process of applying for charitable status under the name of Be Safe Project Limited, this follows the huge demand for their services from many organisations across the UK. The charity will hopefully have two elements to it one being the continuation of weapons awareness workshops and the other an advice line for young people, parents and others concerned about the carrying and use of weapons. This follows Be Safe having received over 200 calls after being featured on The Panorama programme on 17th October 2004.

Making the point

Be Safe are clearly one of the leading agencies in this field as evidenced by Kevin Everard being used by the following television, radio and newspapers to talk about and discuss the problems of young people and weapons.

2001

B.B.C. London Live
B.B.C. Radio Four 'You & Yours'

2002

Carlton Television First Edition
B.B.C Essex
Essex Radio

2003

Sky News
The Observer Newspaper

2004

B.B.C. News 24 'Breakfast Show'
B.B.C. London
B.B.C. Five Live 'Sunday Morning Breakfast Show'
B.B.C. Essex
Panorama
Newsround
B.B.C. Radio Five Live 'Victoria Derbyshire Show'
Society Guardian
New Start Magazine
News of the World

Leeds

Be Safe are currently involved in an exciting initiative in The City of Leeds. Leeds City Council have asked Be Safe to train up to 120 trainers in the weapons awareness course, these trainers will then deliver the course to as many young people as possible across the City. Leeds do not have any more of a problem than any other city of its size, but feel that by educating their young people about the possible consequences of arming themselves they will help to make the young people of Leeds better informed and consequently make the city a safer place for everyone. All the main agencies in Leeds including the Police, Crime Reduction, Community Safety and representatives from Education and Youth Offending Services as well as many smaller organisations and individuals are involved in trying to make this forward thinking initiative work.