OUR STORY

Mothers Against Muggings was co-founded by Barbara Lingle-Elliott and Felicity Barkus after too many of their sons' teenage friends had fallen victim to muggings in their local community.

This prompted Barbara and Felicity to connect with their police team and community leaders to develop a programme to tackle their local youth mugging issue and for it to be developed and rolled-out nationally.

The more Barbara and Felicity got involved in their local youth mugging situation, the more they saw their community was not alone. This is not just an issue for Richmond-upon-Thames or London - it is a national and global issue.  

All teens need personal safety and awareness advice. We, as a society, have forgotten the importance of educating our children about personal physical safety, yet loaded them up with valuable tech – worth mugging for.

Barbara and Felicity have developed a programme that offers simple, effective advice that is easy to follow and has been proven to work.  The programme was created with the input from the Metropolitan Police, council leaders, youth workers, school headteachers, parents and victims of muggings.