Knife Angel Family Fun Day this Saturday

Last week saw the arrival of a huge sculpture made of knives in Birkenhead. To celebrate the arrival this weekend Birkenhead Park plays host to an exciting day of activities and fun.

There will be food, animals, live music, sports to name a few of the exciting activities taking place.

The activities will take place behind the knife angel sculpture and is free for everyone.

The Knife Angel is the National Monument Against Violence and Aggression, designed to recognise the problems caused in our society by these issues, especially knife crime. The monument stands at 8.2m (27ft) tall, weighing 3.5 tons, and is made from over 100,000 seized knives and weapons collected from all 43 Police Constabularies across the UK.

The artist Alfie Bradley, of the British Ironwork Centre in Oswestry, Shropshire, designed the Knife Angel to highlight the negative effects of violent behaviour and solidify critical need for social change.