memorial-day

Knife Angel Activities

The Knife Angel statue will be on display on the Haverhill Market Square from Saturday 31 August to Monday 30 September, and during this time Haverhill Town Council, in partnership with community groups and organisations from Haverhill and Suffolk will be hosting a series of events and pop-up stalls.

Monday 2 September
📍 Haverhill Market Square

Pop-up stalls on the Market Square with Brave Futures, Choose Biscuits, Body Boundaries and Healthy Relationships.

Brave Futures - participate in quizzes centred around healthy relationships and win prizes based on your understanding.

Choose Biscuits - Work together to learn valuable lessons about communication and consent.

Wednesday 4 September
📍 Haverhill Market Square

Civic launch event - Click here to find out more.

⏰ 2:00pm

Criminal Exploitation Hubs on the Market Square

Thursday 5 September
📍 Haverhill Market Square

Healing Bus pop-up stall on the Market Square.

Healing Bus - The Healing Bus is a mobile prayer ministry that uses a minibus to travel throughout the UK. The team offer to pray with anyone and everyone either in or out of the bus and hand out free Christian literature.

Friday 6 September
📍 Haverhill Market Square

Pop-up stalls on the Market Square with Brave Futures, Choose Biscuits, Body Boundaries and Healthy Relationships

Saturday 7 September
📍 Haverhill Market Square ⏰ From 12:00pm

Pop-up stalls on the Market Square with Open Mind and Criminal Exploitation Hubs.

Open Mind - meaningful support will be on the market square every Saturday morning in September. We are an award-winning local mental health charity and we support people with any mental health difficulty including depression, anxiety, bereavement and those experiencing trauma such as domestic violence. Our services are free of charge.
 
Tuesday 10 - Monday 16 September
📍 Haverhill Methodist Church

Darkness to Light Art Exhibition

Artwork from prisoners that has been created on the theme of anti-knife crime and the Knife Angel. There will also be opportunities for children to draw a Knife Angel.

Saturday 14 September
📍 Haverhill Market Square ⏰ From 12:00pm

Pop-up stalls on the Market Square with Open Mind and Criminal Exploitation Hubs


Sports Day activity

📍 Haverhill Leisure Centre

⏰ 11:00am – 2:00pm

Join us for a day of sports and activities on Saturday 14th September from 11am – 2pm!

On the astroturf pitch at Haverhill Leisure Centre, come and take part in football, basketball, netball, rounders, races and more!

The event will be run by Abbeycroft, Suffolk Positive Futures, Youth Workers and Haverhill Safer Neighbourhood Police Team – it is totally FREE with no need to book, just drop in.

Monday 16 September
📍 St Mary’s Church Haverhill ⏰ 4:00pm

Music from spoke word poet, and a hip hop artist Rev Kiran Lotay.

Tuesday 17 September
📍 Haverhill Library ⏰ 4:00pm – 6:00pm

Create your own anti-knife crime poster that will be displayed in Haverhill Library (ages 10-15).

Tuesday 17 - Monday 30 September
📍 St Mary’s Church Haverhill ⏰ 4:00pm - 6:00pm

Darkness to Light Art Exhibition

Saturday 21 September
📍 St Mary's Church, Haverhill ⏰ 2:00pm

Messy Church: Forgiveness - crafts, games, stories and songs for all the family to get involved in.

Tuesday 24 September
📍 Haverhill Market Square ⏰ 2:00pm

Criminal Exploitation Hubs

Thursday 26 September
📍 Haverhill Market Square

Pop-up stalls on the Market Square with Brave Futures, Choose Biscuits, Body Boundaries and Healthy Relationships.

Friday 27 September
📍 Haverhill Market Square

Haverhill Town Council invite you to join us for a candlelit ceremony to mark the departure of The Knife Angel in Haverhill on Friday 27 September on Haverhill Market Square.

Please bring a tealight, or an LED tealight, to place in front of the Knife Angel.

Click here to find out more.

Sunday 29 September
📍 St Mary's Church Haverhill ⏰ 11:00am

Bible study: Responding to Violence.

Monday 30 September
📍 Haverhill Market Square

Knife Angel departure