The team attended the youth project to ask teenagers playing basketball their thoughts on the survey. The project uses sport as a vehicle to educate young people on the danger of knife crime.



One teenager told 5 Live: “I can understand why, it’s not really the right thing but I understand why they carry a knife. A little altercation can happen. People don’t have fist fights any more. People have knives. That’s going to happen and maybe it’ll end up with someone getting hurt. And now you’re going to have that regret. Stabbing someone – mentally, that can mess you up. And when that happens and that snowballs into depression - that’s when the suicide things come along.”



Another teenager said: “I feel the quick message to them guys out there that feel like there’s no turning back. There’s always turning back. I’ve known so many people that have turned their lives around for the better and now they’re at university. I’ve known guys that have been in jail and they’ve come out now and they’ve completely turned their lives around.”