In July 2020, a 7.5 tonne lorry arrived here at the British Ironworks Centre to deliver thousands of weapons – including knives and guns – which were collected from the streets of Manchester. All weapons were collected as part of the GMP’s ‘Forever Amnesty’.  Manchester is the first location in the UK to develop and commit to an ongoing amnesty project like this, with all collected weapons to be used to create an anti-violence monument for the city.

The knife and gun banks used for the amnesty were designed and created here at the Centre and have been utilised as a continual programme to encourage and support the public to surrender their dangerous weapons to clear the streets of violent and aggressive behaviour.