Latest news:IDHTH launches latest anti-knife crime film
On 27th October, IDHTH launched the latest national anti-knife crime advert, focusing on the physical consequences of knife crime...
Case studies
Lives Not Knives' Eliza Rebeiro has launched an anti-knife crime booklet to deter young teens from getting involved in knife crime.
To read more, click here.
Welcome
Welcome to the Home Office's
It Doesn't Have to Happen anti-knife crime campaign website for stakeholders.
Get involved!
We want to support you in your work tackling knife crime in your communities. That's why we've created a range of free IDHTH materials you can use to engage young people and tell them about the consequences of knife crime.
To order these or find out more click here.
IDHTH: one year on
It's been over a year since the campaign launched and there are already some impressive results:
- over 11,000 Bebo friends
- 13 million views of our viral adverts
- 4 million views of our online adverts
- Posters on 80 billboard sites
- 73% of young people said that the adverts have made them less likely to carry a knife
This year we are encouraging young people to guest edit our Bebo campaign site, and recruiting youth campaigners to join the team to help spread our messages nationwide. Can you help us recruit youth campaigners? If so please get in touch.
YOUR
ROLE
We all have a role to play in tackling knife crime. if you can reach young people and parents, we encourage you to get involved with IDHTH and help spread our messages.
Find out how you can get involved
Young person? Click here
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Download our young campaigners' toolkit
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