For pupils
Some of you will have seen our film 'Your Choice" in school, featuring a young man called Scott. Following a knife attack, Scott was left paralysed from the neck down and is now confined to a wheelchair. Read Scott's story about the attack that left him paralysed and what his life is like now.
A Day in the Life of Scott Breslin
Feedback from some 2nd year pupils at St Stephen’s High, Port Glasgow after their MAV visit
'I thought the DVD was scary and I know its bad to carry a knife'
‘I thought the violence was hard to look at but made you really think of the consequences of carrying a knife’
‘shows you what really happens when people get involved with violence’
‘normally when people talk about violence its about the offender. This time it was different because the DVD showed us how the victims of violence felt’
‘I learned its my choice nobody else’s ’
‘it changes what you think about having a knife’
What message do you think the doctors were trying to get across?
'Don’t carry a knife; Knives are dangerous-creates more danger for you and others’
'Stay away from gangs'
‘violence is never the answer’
‘if you see trouble, walk the other way’
‘There is no safe place to be stabbed’
'Don’t get drunk'