Students from the school wanted action to stop this from happening again, and to stop every young person being labelled as a problem...

The students met and decided to get London Citizens’ leaders to come together to discuss the issues around knife crime and safety of young people. At that meeting, the City Safe campaign was born...

May 2008Teenager Jimmy Mizen is murdered in a bakery in Lee, South East London. The idea of creating ‘Safe Havens’ for young people, which were not there for Jimmy, began soon after.

2008The idea was simple: give young people a safe place to go when they are in trouble on the streets.

May 2009First 30 City-Safe havens open on Burnt Ash Hill, Lee, on Jimmy Mizen’s Anniversary

November 2009Mayor Boris Johnson confirms City Hall as London’s 200th City Safe Haven.