With the recent knife crime epidemic in Bristol, in this podcast we wanted to reach out to global experts, people that have solutions that have been successful in other cities around the world.

So on the Empire Fighting Chance podcast, we talk to Alfredo Baldo. He is an Urban Violence Program Manager for Peace in Our Cities; A global network that look for solutions, in particular, in this case, urban violence.

He's also the Urban Violence Program Manager at the Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice at the University of San Diego. We talked to him in New York, and it's a deep dive. What ideas, what strategies can we bring back to Bristol that might potentially be successful here?

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The first guest of the series is the CEO of Empire Fighting Chance, Martin Bisp. Neil Maggs and Martin discuss the origins of the charity, the work they do and they impact they have.

In light of the ongoing issue of knife crime among young people in Bristol, they talk about how to make Bristol safer and how to learn from other cities in order to reduce youth violence in a sustainable way.

To support Empire Fighting Chance and to find out more about the work we do, head to www.empirefightingchance.org

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