Alison Cope

Alison Cope is the mother of Joshua Ribera who was murdered in 2013. 



​ She now works tirelessly to help prevent youth violence by sharing her son’s unique life and death story to help educate young people on the realties and consequences of youth violence. Her powerful presentations convey: the importance of prevention, the emotive realisation of how choices affect loved ones and how young people retain hope for the future. 

Alison has featured on BBC The One show, Good Morning Britain and This Morning discussing her work and the impact of knife crime