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The London launch took place on April 14^th 2010 at the Ministry Of Sound. We had performances by young people in the play Skin Deep, the artist Doctor and a speech by Barry and Margaret Mizen who lost their son Jimmy, to violent crime in May 2008.

MC Doctor said: “I grew up on an estate in South East London, where there was some gun and knife crime so I know how bad it is. I was lucky because I was focussed on my music and I knew that’s what I wanted to do. But so many young people have died because of crime and it shouldn’t be like that. I want young people to know that they don’t have to choose that way of life. I think Fearless is a really good service because young people need to know that there’s somewhere they can get advice on crimes and pass on information without anyone finding out who they are.”

Doctor achieved national success when he featured on the summer smash Never Wanna Say by Soundboy Entertainment, which reached no 18 in the UK Charts. This is just one of the many successful collaborations he has been involved in; he’s worked with a range of the UK’s finest such as Kano and Ghetto on the track Get Set which was featured on the Run the Roads compilation album, Shizzle and Napper on the huge Swingers, Mutya Beuna, Alicia Dixon, Mike Skinner, Harvey, Megaman and Sticky. Doctor has been awarded a UMA for Best Newcomer and Best Garage Ac.

The event, which was supported by the Safer Peterborough Partnership, was held at the Voyager School, Walton, and featured interactive sessions by Crimestoppers and The Solomon Theatre Company about Fearless.

Over 1,000 students, staff, outside agencies and even the Mayor of Peterborough were involved.

Ricky Norwood (Fatboy from Eastenders) had this to say “I am gutted I couldn’t be at The Voyager School for the Fearless Launch, but I’m sure you all had a great day anyway. I’ve been checking out the Fearless website and it has lots of cool stuff on it, including a You Tube page. Go check it out after school and become one of the many becoming ‘fearless’ in the fight against crime”

The event was held at Belfast’s re-opened Ulster Museum and was attended by over 90 young people. There were interactive presentations on the new website and brand before a Q & A session for the young people with Olympic Medal Winner and newly-crowned European Champion Boxer Paddy Barnes on a theme of the importance of having courage to conquer fears and achieve success.

Paddy Barnes said; “When I step into the ring I have to conquer any fear and stay focussed. Fearless is a great website for young people to encourage them to do the right thing, and give them the confidence that no-one will ever know they contacted Crimestoppers.”

Local celebrities have been getting behind the campaign in Northern Ireland by confessing to their innermost fears. Apprentice Star Ben Clarke is petrified of needles, Sports Anchorman Graham Little can’t stand mice, while Model Katie Larmour has no problem scuba diving apart from her fear of boats.

Fearless was launched at Accrington Academy in Lancashire on the 27^th April 2011.

Over 400 students took part in the day. Workshops were held in the morning with the afternoon dedicated to creating a crime advert by writing a script and developing a story board.

The creativity of the students on the day was amazing we had lots of outstanding pieces of work submitted including a crime rap created by a group of Yr 8 students.

Aser, a Fearless youth worker spoke with students about his own personal experiences of crime and how it had affected his life and lives of the people around him.

The event was a great success and the fearless team would like to say thank you to all those involved. The staff, students and members of the Lancashire constabulary who took part and made the day so enjoyable.

Fearless was launched in Worthing on 10^th – 16^th November 2010. Secondary Schools were visited by the Solomon Theatre who wowed audiences with their production ‘Gemma’s Wardrobe’.

Students then took part in an interactive workshop providing the perfect opportunity to introduce Fearless. Taking on the role of the Jeremy Kyle audience students had to think about the impact of crime and in particular drugs on their community.

‘Aston’s Got Talent’ – The name of the launch held in Aston on May 5^th 2010. Young people were asked to perform or present artwork on a specific subject ‘drug crime and Crimestoppers’. Over 150 people turned up to support the event.

Mubina Khan, Aston Coordinator for Crimestoppers said “It’s vital that everyone realises that they can play an important role in helping make their communities better places to live.”

150 first year pupils from Auchenharvie Academy, Stevenston, were joined by others from St Matthew’s and Ardrossan Academies where they heard about fearless and received some fearless goodies. Kilmarnock Football Club also supported the Crimestoppers Fearless campaign with first Team Player and Cameroon Internationalist, Patrick Ada attending the launch event and signing autographs and posing for pictures with the pupils.

Speaking at the launch, Director of Community Safety for North Ayrshire Council, Chief Inspector Roddy Newbigging, said: “We are proud to launch Crimestoppers Fearless throughout North Ayrshire. This is a fantastic educational resource where young people can obtain information about dangers they may face, encourage them to stay safe and take responsibility for their own actions.”

The sunniest of our launches to date took place at a youth and community event in Cheltenham on Saturday 22^nd May 2010. The launch was supported the Mayor of Cheltenham Councillor Anne Regan and Chris Raymond former Gloucester rugby player who is now involved in youth sport in the county.

Chris said. I fully support ‘fearless’ as it is specifically aimed at young people. The ‘fearless’ website, at ‘fearless.org’ gives clear information about crimes which affect young people and gives them the chance to give information about crime anonymously if they do not want to go to the police.

Paul Menhinick, Crimestoppers Coordinator for Gloucestershire said: “Young people are one of the most important audiences for Crimestoppers to communicate with. One of the key reasons for re-launching Crimestoppers for young people is to empower them to be ‘fearless’ in passing on information about crime anonymously, safe in the knowledge that their identity will never be revealed and they will not have to speak to the police.”

The fearless launch in the North East was held at Unity City Academy in Middlesborough on Wednesday 24^th June.

Chris Preddie, a youth worker for Fearless attended the event to talk to the pupils about his experiences of crime.

Official figures show that almost one in four children aged 10 to 15 have been a victim of crime in the past year. However young people are far less likely to report their experiences, with just 11% going to police, compared with 37% of adults.

Dave Hunter, North-east regional manager for Crimestoppers, told the pupils at the launch at the school: “This website was set up specifically to help you if you find yourself in a difficult situation.

“It offers guidance, help and also a facility where you can let Crimestoppers know if someone is hurting you or doing something against you and your friends.

“You could save somebody from being a victim and play your part in helping your fellow pupils.”

18 months in prison

Men aged 16 – 24

18 years old

4 years imprisonment and £5000 fine

49%

23,000

5 years

Streets

Life imprisonment

5 years in jail

80%

30 times higher

21 and under

16 years old

A fine of £20,000 and/or prison

2 years

To escape problems, and to fit in with a group

London

Robberies (including muggings, and snatch thefts)

Phones

None, they just need to suspect it

You will have to go for trial in Crown court where the sentences, normally imprisonment can be much longer than youths