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24/03/2009
NIO 'Plays' On Danger Of Knives
A hard-hitting new play is to be shown to 12 and 13-year-olds across Northern Ireland in a bid to reduce knife crime.
It is part of a campaign 'Knives ruin lives' into which parents of young people killed by knives have had input.
All secondary and grammar schools will get an information pack to distribute as not every child will get to see the play.
The NIO Secretary of State, Paul Goggins, said he wanted young people to stop and think before they put a knife in their pocket.
Mr Goggins also said they should tell a parent or a teacher if they know someone who is carrying a knife.
A local theatre company, C21, has produced the play which was launched at Stranmillis College on Tuesday morning.
It has been commissioned by the Police Service NI, the Crimestoppers charity and the Youth Justice Agency as part of the overall 'Knives ruin lives' campaign.
(BMcC/JM)
It is part of a campaign 'Knives ruin lives' into which parents of young people killed by knives have had input.
All secondary and grammar schools will get an information pack to distribute as not every child will get to see the play.
The NIO Secretary of State, Paul Goggins, said he wanted young people to stop and think before they put a knife in their pocket.
Mr Goggins also said they should tell a parent or a teacher if they know someone who is carrying a knife.
A local theatre company, C21, has produced the play which was launched at Stranmillis College on Tuesday morning.
It has been commissioned by the Police Service NI, the Crimestoppers charity and the Youth Justice Agency as part of the overall 'Knives ruin lives' campaign.
(BMcC/JM)
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