Knives for good
Knife crime in the UK is at an all-time high. The Police take over one tonne of knives off London’s streets alone every month. I co-founded then led the anti knife crime charity Steel Warriors. The charity melt down knives taken off the UK’s streets and recycle them into outdoor community gyms. Steel Warriors currently have four gyms. The charity offer free weekly training sessions to bring London’s disenfranchised youth together and support them to achieve seemingly impossible goals in life.
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UK based charity, Steel Warriors founded and hundreds involved in the project.
4 calisthenics gyms, made from recycled knives built in Gang Neutral zones in London to date.
3 weekly training sessions hosted by Steel Warriors trainers at each gym.
Multi-Million pound investment to build gyms Nationwide.
Thousands of kids using gyms.
Campaign reaching over 800m people worldwide. Men’s Health described Steel Warriors gym as the ‘Best gym in the world’.
Partnerships with tens of companies including Sky, Co-op, Herbert Smith Freehills, HTS, British Land, Red Bull, KIND, Nike, Paramount and Uber.
Steel Warriors won a Gold at the Global Good Awards for Innovation in 2021.
