Whose work this is
Making Hayes Safer is a council-led project, funded by the Mayor of London’s Violence Reduction Unit, that Andrew Fuller — founder of Street Lights — worked on. The figures below are the project’s own, as independently reported by the Hillingdon Times. They are shown here, attributed, as evidence of the kind of work Street Lights does — not as the CIC’s own numbers.
National recognition
The project took 1st place at the National Crimebeat Awards, hosted by the High Sheriffs' Association, London. The awards recognise innovative crime prevention work involving young people across England and Wales.
The community-based Making Hayes Safer project - which Andrew Fuller worked on - was honoured at a High Sheriffs’ Association ceremony in London, recognising innovative crime prevention work involving young people across England and Wales. Funded by the Mayor of London’s Violence Reduction Unit, it brought residents together with early intervention support and positive opportunities.
What the project delivered
- 300+ residents attended a knife crime action day in the park next to Botwell Green Library
- 100 free meals served to young people
- 30 at-risk boys known to services, including the Youth Justice Service, took part in life-skills activities
- 54 young people took part in a creative workshop on the Young Urban Arts multimedia bus at Botwell Green Library
- 50 young people took part in the Level Up Behaviour Intervention Programme
- 300+ weapons safely disposed of in the Pump Lane car park weapons surrender bin
“This project has been life-changing, not only for me but for many young people involved. They helped me make a breakthrough, a change. It pushed me and made me somebody I’d never even dreamed of becoming – and now look at me!”
This is what relational, community-rooted youth work looks like when it is resourced and sustained. It is the same foundation — presence first, then power, then purpose — that runs through every Street Lights service.
Read the independent Hillingdon Times report