Donating to The Ben Kinsella Trust - February

Hello Everyone!

So as you may know from my last post, this month I donated to The Ben Kinsella Trust which works which you raise awareness for knife crime, and holds events of exhibitions in order to educate young individuals about the effects of street violence.

By donating to The Ben Kinsella Trust, events such as exhibitions and community days are able to take place in order for the effects of knife crime, and the consequences of street violence to be conveyed to young people, hopefully deterring them to be involved in any of these situations. Within the exhibitions held by the trust, young people are able to hear Ben Kinsella's story, as well as hearing from his family, and the experiences of other people in their position. They are also able to equate themselves on the facts and figures of street violence, as well as hear the realities of the law. Through the exhibitions, young people are able to learn how to make the right decisions and choices which allows them to steer clear of knife crime and street violence, and therefore helping to prevent individual's lives being put in danger. By the end of the exhibition, individuals are educated in where they can turn to for help around this subject, and what to do if they every feel that the experiences shared within the exhibition are relevant to themselves.

The trust also holds Community Open Days delivering tours to groups of young people within half terms and school holidays, in order to educate them about these very real subjects. The trust also advertises for local young people to take part as actors within their exhibitions, promoting young people to use their time to act on their talents, putting their energy into positive, and valuable use.

From the research I have done, The Ben Kinsella Trust is a positive organisation that educates young people on the realities of street violence such as knife crime, ensuring that the lives of young people being put in danger is avoided due to the work they carry out, and the people they work with. If you wish to donate to the trust, you can find the information to do this in my previous post!

Thank you all for your continuous support, and I will see you all again in early March to let you know my 'good deed' of the month!

Be Good!

Kizzy :)

February - Donating to The Ben Kinsella Trust

Hello Everyone! 

I hope that 2015 has been treating you all well so far, and that the last of the winter isn't taking too much of a toll!

I think it is safe to say for many of us a new year comes with a new lease of hope and determination, to make this year better than any, the want to challenge yourself and reach new goals, and feeling safe and stable to do so. However, I think we take for granted just how lucky we are to feel so determined and comfortable by maybe our family or home situation, or the area in which we live, and forget that for some a stable family and home situation isn't granted, and the lack of security and safety you feel is just normality. I was touched by a real life story shared with me a couple of weeks ago about someone who had never had a comfortable and secure family lifestyle, and was simply left to make their own way in life, something that when I envisage for myself, absolutely terrifies me. Due to their circumstance, the route that this individual had taken was not always positive, and the decisions they had made failed to leave them behind, even if they had decided to leave them.

In respect of this 'story', and in memory of this individual, this month I will be donating to 'The Ben Kinsella Trust.'

This charity was created by an individual whose brother died due to knife crime carried out by a gang that was unknown to the victim prior to his attack. The charity aims to raise awareness of the effects of knife crime, and stop the amount of crime on our streets. By 10th January this year, there had been 19 counts of death due to violent attacks on our streets, which to anyone is shocking just days into a new year. The trust works to educate young people and teenagers of the consequences of knife crime and the effects it has on victim's families. Eventually, the family behind the trust hope to open youth centres in order to deter people from street and knife crime. The charity also puts on exhibitions across London, within which people can learn about their story, and the facts, figures, effects, consequences of knife crime.

By showing your support to 'The Ben Kinsella Trust', they will be able to continue their education of knife crime, and change the future of our streets. You can donate to the trust through their website: http://www.benkinsella.org.uk/get-involved or by texting 'benk27' with your desired donation amount to '70070' and of course by sharing this post and raising as much awareness as possible for the charity. Trusts such as these are so important in changing the place in which we live for the better, and in turn improving many individual's lives.

Once again, thank you all so much for your continued support of '12 Months of Giving', and I will see you again at the end of the month to let you know how donations from people such as yourselves benfefits the 'The Ben Kinsella Trust' and the work to raise awareness of there effects of knife crime.

Be Good! 

Kizzy :)