Annual Memorial Service

Families for Peace Memorial Service is to commemorate the lives of all young people killed by gang’s guns,
knife crime and violence and to support and give a voice to the bereaved families.

Families For Peace Annual Memorial Service

To celebrate and commemorate the lives of all loved ones lost to violence gun and
knife crime and support the bereaved families.
Saturday 22nd August 2026,14:30 pm
The Sanctuary, Tangmere Drive, Castle Vale, Birmingham, B35 7PX

THE THEME OF THE SERVICE THIS YEAR IS: PEACE IN OUR TIME
The Service will commence at 2.30pm.
Welcome address followed by Guest Speakers.
The Lord Mayor of Birmingham.
Bishop Llewellyn Graham, Nehemiah HA.
Precious Davison, Bereaved Mother.
Dr Martin Glynn, Criminologist. Kirk Dawes QPM.
Iffat Rizvi, Bereaved Mother. Barbara Brough.
Choir: CoGoP Castle Vale. Singers: Annette B, Lytie.
Refreshments will be served after the service.

Here’s Jessie J in the girl group called Soul Deep.
The song has a very powerful message & I really hope people will watch this & learn from this video!

Empower and equip young people & families for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.
In Memory of all those who have lost their lives as a result of violence, gun, and knife crime.

West Midlands Knife & Gun Crime Statistics


There have been more than 10,000 victims of knife and gun crime in the West Midlands over the last three years – with the youngest aged just 10, new figures show.
The figures, released by West Midlands Police, show there were 9,778 victims of knife crime in the region between 2019 and 2021, while 1,000 people found themselves victims of crimes involving firearms.

 
Weapons were used in almost 50 murders recorded by the police force over the three-year period. Thousands were victims of assaults and robberies by armed perpetrators, according to the figures released under a freedom of information request.

While victims of knife crime fell slightly from 3,538 in 2019 to 3,178 last year, those who became victims of firearm offences increased more than 50 per cent over the same timeframe – from 265 to 415.