Knife Crime Awareness Session/ Catch 22 County Lines Support Service

Knife Crime Awareness Session/ Catch 22 County Lines Support Service

Here’s an update on our work to tackle knife crime in your area. We’re committed to making our neighbourhood safer for everyone.

Are you a parent or carer? Do you want to know more about Knife Crime, County Lines and the Hidden Link within. If so, this webinar is for you.
Who are Catch22
Catch22 is a national organisation with over 10 years of experience delivering specialist support for young people affected by county lines, child criminal exploitation and child sexual exploitation. Catch 22 currently deliver the National County Lines Support and Rescue service- providing 1-2-1 support and a rescue service for young people and their families who are criminally exploited through county lines.

Session overview
This session is aimed at parent/carers(including foster carers/grandparents) to gain a understanding on the important issues surrounding knife crime, county lines and how they interlink, as well as the impact and support that this has on young people and their families, affected by knife crime and county lines
Topics will include
● How county lines exploitation contributes to knife crime among young people.
● Identifying the common weapons involved
● Examines why these knives are chosen
● How the pressures of county lines activity normalise violence for exploited young people.
● The wider impact on communities and the serious legal consequences of knife possession and the importance of early intervention, education, and strong multi‑agency safeguarding to prevent both exploitation and knife carrying.
Dates/times with links
Webinar Dates & Times:● Monday 16th November 2026, 4pm to 5pm - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/knife-crime-awareness-session-parentscarerguardians-hackney-borough-tickets-2004386135889?aff=oddtdtcreator Confidentiality Please note that you will not be able to discuss individual children/young people in this session due to confidentiality and safeguarding. However, if you need to speak to someone confidentially about an individual child or young person, we will be able to refer or signpost you to specialist advice during or following the session.
This session is for parents/carers only, if you are a professional and want to find out about other training/webinar that is available, please get in touch via their mailbox countylinessupport@catch-22.org.uk

● Monday 16th November 2026, 4pm to 5pm - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/knife-crime-awareness-session-parentscarerguardians-hackney-borough-tickets-2004386135889?aff=oddtdtcreator

Confidentially

Across London we’re using intelligence to ruthlessly target high-harm offenders and those selling knives; while making better use of our ‘stop and search’ powers so we can get more weapons off the street.

The number of murders in London has dropped to its lowest in more than a decade, and we have driven crime enabled by a knife down by 17% in a year. The rate of violence in London is lower than many other big cities, both in the UK and across the US and major European cities like Paris, Berlin and Barcelona. 

But the impact of senseless violence on families is devastating and certain communities are disproportionately affected. We’re not complacent and are determined to reduce it even further. We are stepping up our use of data and technology in this space, cutting off access to weapons, improving our investigations and working with communities and partners on targeted operations to help keep people safe. 

If you have experienced knife crime in your area, please report it using our online reporting tools at https://www.met.police.uk  or call the non-emergency number 101.

Alternatively, you can stay 100% anonymous by contacting the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

We want your help to shape the future of policing across London. We are seeking your views on our new inclusion strategy to ensure that the Met is a police service that is trusted, representative and more effective at keeping London safe. You can have your say on our Inclusion Strategy consultation which runs until Thursday 26 November.