Bristol’s first ‘bleed kit’ - a specialist first aid kit that could well help save the life of someone who has been stabbed - has been set up in the city, inspired by the killing of a teenager more than a year ago.
When Dontae Davis was stabbed to death in Lawrence Hill in October 2021, Leanne Reynolds knew she had to do something to cut the number of young lives being lost to knife attacks in Bristol. Leanne, who worked at City of Bristol College at the time and knew Dontae well, and was already working on a campaign to get bleed kits introduced.
Now, after a community fundraising drive and the backing of Avon and Somerset police, the first one has been paid for an installed at a location in Newtown.
