West Mercia and Warwickshire Alliance were asked by the British Ironworks to support the Save a life surrender your knife campaign.
To this aim local area commander Rik Klair and Oswestry Sargent Scott Barnes have managed to obtain all the knives seized or surrendered within the force areas over the last two years and have them delivered free of charge by Biffa Environmental Services.
Rik Klair said "We are very pleased to be involved in this very important cause and be leading the delivery of knives for such a thought provoking project happening here locally. This will no doubt make many people think about the consequences of carrying weapons and have a considerable national impact.”
Sargent Scott Barnes stated "This was a joint venture and involved a considerable amount of work and coordination between ourselves within West Mercia and Warwickshire and required the authority of Mr Shaw our Chief Constable. This could also have not been possible without the help of Steve Keeling from Biffa environmental services who agreed to make this delivery free of charge to support the cause".
Mr Knowles from the British Ironworks has said, “This is the single largest donation of knifes so far, we are expecting contributions from all the 43 police forces around the UK.”
The Knife Angel statue will be the only memorial ever created with all the different Police forces and the Home Office working together; it will be the UK’s greatest monument to anti-violence and aggression ever created.
Work in earnest will restart again this year with further collections being made from Lancashire and London.
During 2015 families affected, Chief police officers, politicians, celebrities, community leaders and ex-gang members renouncing violence will all be welding their own knives in place or symbolically helping with its construction; the statue will stand 20 ft tall and will be totally unique.
Sculptor Alfie Bradley declared great relief in seeing so many knives arriving, saying he now has sufficient numbers to make a real start, with each blade being transformed in to a feather.
West Mercia and Warwickshire Alliance were asked by the British Ironworks to support the Save a life surrender your knife campaign.
To this aim local area commander Rik Klair and Oswestry Sargent Scott Barnes have managed to obtain all the knives seized or surrendered within the force areas over the last two years and have them delivered free of charge by Biffa Environmental Services.
Rik Klair said "We are very pleased to be involved in this very important cause and be leading the delivery of knives for such a thought provoking project happening here locally. This will no doubt make many people think about the consequences of carrying weapons and have a considerable national impact.”
Sargent Scott Barnes stated "This was a joint venture and involved a considerable amount of work and coordination between ourselves within West Mercia and Warwickshire and required the authority of Mr Shaw our Chief Constable. This could also have not been possible without the help of Steve Keeling from Biffa environmental services who agreed to make this delivery free of charge to support the cause".
Mr Knowles from the British Ironworks has said, “This is the single largest donation of knifes so far, we are expecting contributions from all the 43 police forces around the UK.”
The Knife Angel statue will be the only memorial ever created with all the different Police forces and the Home Office working together; it will be the UK’s greatest monument to anti-violence and aggression ever created.
Work in earnest will restart again this year with further collections being made from Lancashire and London.
During 2015 families affected, Chief police officers, politicians, celebrities, community leaders and ex-gang members renouncing violence will all be welding their own knives in place or symbolically helping with its construction; the statue will stand 20 ft tall and will be totally unique.
Sculptor Alfie Bradley declared great relief in seeing so many knives arriving, saying he now has sufficient numbers to make a real start, with each blade being transformed in to a feather.
