Students at the College of West Anglia’s King’s Lynn campus recently heard from the Joe Dix Foundation, a Norfolk based charity founded after the tragic fatal stabbing of 18-year-old Joe Dix in Norwich in 2022. Joe’s family set up the foundation to prevent other families from experiencing the same loss, working across the UK to educate and empower young people to reject knife culture.

As part of a government-backed anti-knife crime coalition, the foundation is committed to understanding why some young people feel the need to carry knives. By visiting colleges like CWA, they aim to spark vital conversations with students, those most vulnerable to peer pressure, community, or misinformation.

With knife crime continuing to rise nationally, these sessions highlight that anyone carrying a knife is three times more likely to be injured by one. Through education and lived experience, the Joe Dix Foundation’s work plays a key role in prevention, helping young people to make safer, informed choices.
Emma Dix, Founder of the Joe Dix Foundation, said, ‘We’re so pleased that we were invited to CWA today. It is vital that we can raise awareness among as many young people as possible about the dangers, signs, and consequences of child criminal exploitation.’