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To: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Home Secretary Priti Patel

Give youth services the funding they need

Increase funding for vital youth services, to protect young people from criminal exploitation and prevent them from being caught up in violence.

Why is this important?

Youth violence and child criminal exploitation in the UK are at an all time high, and the government aren’t doing enough to prevent it.

In the past 5 years, knife crime has increased by 71%, and the number of young people who lost their lives to violence rose by 45% from 2017-2018. And because of massive cuts to funding for youth programs and services, the criminal exploitation of children has sky-rocketed.

If the government wants to protect young people in the UK from violence and exploitation, they need to fund youth services that can intervene early in young people’s lives, making sure they have safe places to go to and trusted adults to help them and protect them from harm.

I started this petition because I have children myself, and I want the government to do more to give them opportunities, and keep them safe. Please sign and share.

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3 years ago

Pictured: Boyfriend, 31, arrested over 'murders of mum and kids on sleepover' https://metro.co.uk/2021/09/21/killamarsh-suspect-in-hospital-with-self-inflicted-stab-wounds-15292713/?ito=article.amp.share.top.sms

3 years ago

I don’t understand why the goverment aren’t doing anything about knife crime/gun crime, it’s really getting bad. Too many young people dying it’s so sad.

3 years ago

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-56862402.amp

3 years ago

https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/news/crime/appeal-to-trace-car-in-connection-with-killing-of-dad-ricky-collins-in-north-derbyshire-3191310?amp

3 years ago

There’s been more stabbings and shootings in Sheffield really makes me worry about the next generation, goverment really need to start thinking about doing something for the next generation

5 years ago

Thank you to all that has signed please don’t forget to share.

5 years ago

A 23 year old man lost his life from stab wounds, what is happening in this world ? Why aren’t the government doing anything about knife crime? Life should mean life in prision shouldn’t be able to walk on our streets again 😢😢

5 years ago

https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/crime/worried-residents-issue-urgent-demand-after-young-man-stabbed-death-sheffield-2445738

5 years ago

https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/crime/police-probe-double-shooting-sheffield-continues-1889913

5 years ago

Thank you to all that have signed 👍🏻😘

5 years ago

Yet another shooting last night in Sheffield a 12 year old boy 😢😢hope he makes a full recovery

5 years ago

80,000 signatures WOW thank you to everyone that’s signed 😘

5 years ago

A few days ago another young boy aged 18 died in Sheffield after being stabbed, what is this world coming to

5 years ago

50,000 signatures reached

5 years ago

Wow can’t believe how many signatures there is thank you to every single one of you 💖