Youth Rising by NCS

Knife Crime

Youth Rising is made by young people from all over England speaking about youth driven stories. In our sixth episode we lift the lid on Knife Crime. Amani Simpson, social entrepreneur and founder of AVIARD Inspires shares his story. Amani was set upon by a gang of 20 people and stabbed 7 times after intervening in a burglary in 2011, he was stabbed in the chest, arms and legs. Now he’s a motivational speaker and has made a short film about his attack called ‘Amani’.

In our second story, reporter Tapiwa talks to Shanea, who is a youth campaigner and activist doing amazing things in her community, she is the founder of the Your Life More Life, a project that's determined to make Newham a safer place. In this episode they talk about the pre-conceptions, route cause and solutions of knife crime. 
 
This podcast is created by a group of young content creators and the team behind this episode is:
Presenter – Muhsin
Researcher - Lottie
Reporter – Tapiwa
Reporter – Chloe
Editor – Paige 
Editor – Marcel

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This is the podcast that tackles the issues that matter most to Gen Z. A podcast for young people, made by young people. The National Citizen Service, or NCS, aims to champion, develop and turn No You Can't Into No We Can! This season we’ll be diving deep into all sorts of thorny issues and answering questions like “whose job is it to save the planet?” “what do we really want to know about sex?” and “in the 21st century, is privacy a luxury?” as well as a how to on adulting and being an ally to the disabled community. We have an amazing roster of guests, a brilliant cohort of young producers and new episodes every week for the next ten weeks. Get excited- we are!