Civil Society Covenant: Home Office Knife Crime Coalition
A partnership based approach to reducing knife crime.
Launched by the Prime Minister in September 2024, the Coalition to Tackle Knife Crime is a partnership of individuals with lived experience, civil society, and campaign groups, adopting a partnership approach with government to halve knife crime within a decade.
The collaboration brings deep understanding of interventions that can help to prevent knife crime, bringing these perspectives into policy and programme creation to tackle the issue.
The Home Office is also working with Coalition partners to provide a platform for youth voice and their perspectives on the core issues around knife crime, increasing public safety and supporting those who need it most, ensuring young people’s lived experiences contribute to shaping government policy.
A key example of the Coalition working in partnership with government is the valuable contribution it made to inform the policy development and design of the extended surrender arrangements for knives, ninja swords and other weapons.
With Coalition member FazAmnesty and Words 4 Weapons, the government are delivering extended weapon surrender arrangements throughout July 2025. FazAmnesty is operating a mobile surrender van in Greater London, the West Midlands, and Greater Manchester, while Words 4 Weapons are providing anonymous surrender bins in these areas for knives and other weapons, including ninja swords.
These initiatives provide safe options for young people to surrender dangerous weapons, making our streets safer and removing more weapons from communities.