Idris Elba's heartbreak as terrified teen in stab vest murdered on way to anti-knife crime event At a Premier League Kicks session in East London, Idris Elba is hearing how teens are desperately trying to keep themselves safe.
Over 90 clubs across the Premier League, English Football League and National League cover 38 police force areas to provide young people with access to free weekly football sessions.
“Arran got his award today because he’s helping provide a safe space for young people and really helps to change their lives,” Bowen says.
Youth workers at Kicks – a collaboration between the Premier League and the Met Police – tell of how they have lost kids from their own projects to street violence.
“Seeing that happen to one of our own – it made us much, much stronger,” one young woman, from a Kicks project outside London, told him.
