Help and advice
There is always a way to live a life without knives. If knives are affecting your life or the life of someone you know, you don’t have to face it alone.
Please speak to someone you trust about your concerns.
Who to talk to
Someone I know is carrying a knife
Speak to an adult you can trust. This could be someone in your family, one of your teachers at school, your School Police Officer, or your youth worker.
If it’s not an emergency, you can contact Fearless completely anonymously to report your concerns.
I feel pressured to carry a knife
The best thing to do is talk about the situation with an adult you can trust. If you don’t feel you can, try:
Meic
A free, confidential, anonymous helpline for children and young people.
- Call free on 080880 23456 any day from 08:00-midnight
- Chat online 1-2-1 with a member of the team 08:00-midnight.
- Text 84001 anytime – this is free and won’t show up on your phone bill.
- Visit Meic to get support
Childline
A free, private, and confidential service where you can talk about anything.
- 0800 1111
- Visit Childline to get support
Someone has been stabbed
Call 999 immediately. Give details of the incident so help can be arranged as quickly as possible.
The following websites provide information about how to help someone who’s been stabbed:
Victim support
Victim Support is an independent charity dedicated to supporting victims of crime and traumatic incidents. They offer specialist support for young victims of crime as well as parents and professionals who work with young people.
- South Wales support – 0300 303 0161
- Normal hours are Monday to Friday 08:00-20:00, Saturday 09:00-17:00
- Out of hours support – 0808 168 9111
Media Academy Cymru – Support for Children and Young People
Media Academy Cymru runs initiatives across South Wales to voluntarily engage children and young people who are either carrying or on the periphery of carrying weapons, and shift the attitudes and behaviours of weapons carrying amongst children and young people.
Whether you are a child, young person, parent or professional after advice and guidance or need specialist support to help you or a loved one move on from carrying weapons, Media Academy Cymru can help.
Visit https://mediaacademycymru.wales to learn more.
Media Academy Cymru also run the South Wales weapon disposal service.
South Wales weapon disposal service
Media Academy Cymru are working with South Wales Police to encourage people to surrender weapons by offering a weapon disposal service. If you have an offensive weapon that you’d like to dispose of but don’t feel comfortable taking it to the police station yourself, MAC staff can collect this from you, wherever you are and safely dispose of it on your behalf. This process is confidential and no personal information will be collected.
For more information or to surrender a weapon through MAC, please contact us via e-mail: emily@mediaacademycymru.wales
Kicks – Cardiff City FC Foundation
Kicks is a programme for young people in South Wales, offering free football sessions and opportunities for personal development.
