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Speaking out: Brooke Kinsella

Grieving EastEnders actress backs campaign group against knife crime

Miguel Assuncao
29.10.09

Brooke Kinsella will speak out against the dangers of carrying weapons at an event to turn youngsters away from violence. 

The former EastEnders actress, whose brother, Ben, 16, was stabbed to death last year, will join anti-knife campaigners and theatre groups in showcasing how drama can be used to engage young people from marginalised groups.

Organised by the Flavasum Trust, founded after the murder of youth worker Tom Easton, the event will give them the chance to perform their work. Chairman Peter Sinclair said: "We have set up the trust to support the vital work in schools and communities by theatre groups, musicians, film-makers and poets changing lives for the better." 

The Flavasum Collection is on 13 November at the Unicorn Theatre in London Bridge.

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A sad case of kids trying to live up to the image they have of others, and not being themselves. It wasn’t the knife that tragically murdered Ben, but the delusional nut holding it.

Indoctrination into a socialist collective is not creating kids that can think, have freedoms or grow out of despair. It is the system, not the knife that is the problem.

While it is easy to empathise with the meaning that these campaigners are trying to get across, kids are told they have to comply, be controlled, have roll models and worship celebrity. Nothing about respect, self respect or respect for others, - becoming individuals is not allowed - the natural result is they are not comfortable in their own skins.

- Ian, Reading, England


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