THE grieving mother of Jordan Taylor, who died in a stabbing two years ago, has launched her own charity and will talk to students at his old school, Clarendon Academy, about the dangers of drug abuse and knife crime.

Emma Caley-Taylor has been actively campaigning against knife crime since her son’s death in March 2017, and now plans to deliver a series of hard-hitting workshops at schools across Wiltshire and Bath through her charity Foot Soldiers.

Mrs Caley-Taylor is developing leaflets and a website for her newly formed charity Foot Soldiers and plans to start her workshops in the next two months.

She said: “I never dreamt my son would be stabbed to death, I didn’t even know people carried knives in Wiltshire but I have since learned they do.

“If a knife wasn’t involved, Jordan would have probably been punched a couple of times and been left with a few bruises.

“My workshops are going to be quite hard-hitting, I will be using photos from the case provided by the police, but I think that is the best way of getting the message across.

“I will be focusing on the root of the problem which is drug abuse. At Anti-Knife UK 70 per cent of our posts are to do with drugs.

“Education is a main way of tackling these issues as well as implying a zero-tolerance policy.

“People who are caught carrying knives are so often only getting suspended sentences, people know they can get away with it and I am sure they are laughing amongst themselves. It needs to be nipped in the bud.”

“These incidents are becoming a regular thing and lots of the cases are involving young ones under 18-year-olds.

“I think the police need to realise if these young ones get away with incidents like this, there’s no deterrent to stop them carrying and actually using a knife in the future.

Clarendon Academy’s new head Rob Price has already been holding assemblies and working with other Trowbridge schools to minimise knife crime and has welcomed the idea of workshops at the school. Mr Price said: “I think this is 100 per cent the right thing to do and is a sensible, open and transparent way of teaching the children about these issues.

“As a school we have been raising awareness of knife crime, and what better way for the children to hear from someone who has experienced the heartache. It’s such a brave thing for Emma to do.

“I also think it is spot on to bring it back to the drugs problem we have in the UK in general. “The whole county lines problem we have here in Wiltshire stems through that and leads to people carrying weapons which even if they don’t intend to use at first, pose a real risk if the situation gets out of hand.It is a very important issue.” which the children do need to be taught about.”