A Sunderland family ripped apart by knife crime have supported the Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service (TWFRS) with scheme installing life-saving "bleed kits" in each of fire station across the area.
Connor Brown was stabbed to death in Sunderland in 2019. He was attacked on a night out with friends. Since that heartbreak, parents Tanya and Simon have been raising money for and then installing the vital bleed kits across the North East.
Their charity the Connor Brown Trust has made it a mission to ensure the kits - which can be used to treat catastrophic bleeding - are in place in as many buildings and community hubs as possible. If someone is stabbed, a member of the public can call 999 and be given the code to access a bleed kit which can then be used to provide emergency first aid.
