King Charles and Queen Camilla spent their Tuesday in Eastern London to learn about the work of Project Zero WF.
Their Majesties were welcomed by a crowd made up mainly of children, teenagers and young adults, who all belong to the age range that constitutes the main target for the project.
Once inside, the King and Queen listened to staff members and people who are part of the programme to see how it impacts their lives.
Project Zero’s main aim is to see a whole year with zero deaths through knife crime, an issue that has long been plaguing the United Kingdom and London in particular.
For that, the project offers several different activities aimed at engaging “young people in positive activities to promote social inclusion and reduce anti-social/offending behaviour.”
Those activities include organising community events, holiday programs and even managing media and networking operations for the project.
Their second state goal is to “raise the aspirations of young people in reaching their full potential and grow into well-adjusted adults.”
For this, they recently organised a youth conference that explored the potential of young people for contributions towards building a future where their voices are heard.
And finally, Projects Zero aims at helping “young people to feel safe and part of their Community,” which is why so many of their activities are focussed on building up the local community, thus creating a safe network.
King Charles and Queen Camilla have long been engaged in efforts to build communities and safe spaces; Her Majesty has long been a champion of many causes that support women and children fleeing abusive households.
Knife crime is unfortunately on the rise in London in recent times; knife murders reached a peak of more than 15000 deaths in 2019. With the stay-at-home orders in 2020 and 2021, those numbers have somewhat reduced, but experts are worried about the impact reopening will have on those stats, which could be potentially made worse by the devastating effects isolation has had on the mental health of so many individuals.
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