What we do

Mentoring   >

The centrepiece of our mission involves providing one-to-one mentoring to young people in the local community who require support and advice to stay in education or employment. 

Roadshows  >

The running of educational Roadshows at schools across South London has been a huge component of Lives Not Knives since its inception in 2007.

Youth Hub  >

Youth Hub is an initiative run by LNK which includes using our office in Centrale Shopping Centre as a Youth Hub two days a week.

Summer Programme  >

During the school summer holidays we host a completely FREE six week summer programme providing events and lunch for young people from Croydon.

Events   >

Check out any events we have coming up and get an ideas of the awesome events we've held in the past. From creative fundraisers to female empowerment events, we've got a lot going on.

Upcoming events

Past events

Saturday, 24 October 2020 - 4:00pm to 6:00pm

Black History Event

On the 24th October LNK hosted a special event in our unit dedicated to celebrating black history and the achievements of some of the black members of our community.

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Tuesday, 25 June 2019 - 8:00pm to 9:30pm

Football Fundraiser

In June we had two of our staff, Paul and Raymond, lead two 11 a side teams in a football match designed to raise money to support our Youth Hub. 

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Saturday, 18 May 2019 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Pure Gym Cycle fundraiser

A huge thank you to all of those who participated in the charity cycle class at Pure Gym in Croydon to raise money to support LNK and our Youth Hub. We massively appreciate your efforts (and energy!)

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Thursday, 16 May 2019 - 1:00pm to 3:15pm

Mental Health Awareness Day

In May we also hosted an event in our unit to raise awareness about Mental Health and to support those who may be struggling. 

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Sunday, 5 May 2019 - 11:00am to 5:00pm

Lives Not Knives truck

A huge thanks to everyone at JJX Logistics for supporting us and helping to spread our message and aim in reducing knife crime. The truck travelled across the country and right past our unit in Croydon and we are hugely grateful for this support!

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Friday, 8 March 2019 - 4:00pm

Women's Day

We also hosted an event to celebrate Women's Day at our unit. For this we had a number of female speakers come and give talks, as well as live performances, raffles and refreshments. 

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Tuesday, 23 March 2021 - 12:00pm to Thursday, 8 April 2021 - 4:00am

The Easter Programme

This year we will once again be using the money raised from the Big Give campaign - #ChampionsForChildren - championed by The Childhood Trust, to fund our out of school programmes.

 

Following the Covid-19 guidelines, from the .Gov website – COVID-19 Response - Spring 2021 (Summary) - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

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