For families affected by knife crime, prevention is urgent.
Shanine Wright’s brother, Darrian Williams, was fatally stabbed in a Bristol park in 2024. Two teenagers were later jailed for his murder.
She now works with the Home Office to share her experiences.
“The funding – it can’t be a temporary fix – it has to be something that’s permanent in order to keep the statistics down, as we say.
“If the statistics are looking good, it’s not ‘oh, okay we’ve got to this level, let’s take it away’ – it has to stay for the long term.”
Wright says she hopes the funding will enable services to work better together in future.
“Unfortunately we have all these pockets of people doing stuff; and doing amazing things, but no one is linking together to ensure that the right things are being done.
“I hope now we’ve got the young future hubs in place… it will do what we are missing, and that’s the collaboration in Bristol.”