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A Huge Congratulations to Our Founder, Dr. Mark Prince OBE!
The KPF team couldn’t be prouder to celebrate our incredible founder, Dr Mark Prince OBE, as he receives the prestigious Helen Rollason Award at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards this evening.
The award is named after the BBC sports presenter Helen Rollason, who died in August 1999 at the age of 43 after suffering from cancer for two years and having raised over £5 million for cancer treatment.
This award is a testament to Mark’s unwavering dedication, resilience, and inspirational work in tackling youth violence and changing lives through the power of purpose and community. His journey is nothing short of extraordinary, and his impact continues to transform the futures of countless young people.
Mark, your courage and commitment to creating a safer, brighter world inspires us all every single day. Tonight, the nation celebrates you as much as we do!
We know Kiyan will be watching on, bursting with pride for all his amazing Dad has achieved.
Here’s to an unforgettable evening and a legacy that only grows stronger. #DrMarkPrince #HelenRollasonAward #SPOTY2024 #SPOTY #Inspiration #KPF #ThePowerofChoice
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Today marks 20 years since Kiyan Prince was stabbed to death outside the gates of his school.
Twenty years.
This morning I interviewed Dr Mark Prince on BBC Radio London and I am still trying to process it.
I have interviewed Mark many times, but today was something else. Jaw-breakingly intense. Brilliant. Painful. Powerful.
I don’t know how he does it.
Most people would take a day like this for themselves. Quietly. Privately. Away from microphones, questions and memories. But Mark came in and spoke about Kiyan, about grief, about young people, about choices, and about turning the worst pain imaginable into purpose.
Kiyan was a gifted young footballer. A QPR academy player. A son. A friend. A 15-year-old boy with a future that should have been allowed to unfold.
We often talk about knife crime through figures. The figures matter. Some have fallen. But numbers can make grief sound tidy.
One death is too many. One family shattered is too many. One child not coming home from school is too many.
I have long said the most painful interviews I do are with parents whose children’s lives have been cut short. Since having children myself, those conversations have become even harder.
Mark is one of the most intense people I have ever interviewed. Not performing grief. Living it. Carrying it. Still choosing to turn pain into purpose.
Through the Kiyan Prince Foundation, he continues to reach young people at the crossroads — those moments when a life can turn one way or another.
Maybe today is not just for remembrance. Maybe it is a day for all of us to check in.
Ask the young people around you how they are. Ask if they feel safe. Ask what they are carrying. Ask what they need.
Not as an interrogation. Just with love. With patience. With the kind of listening that might catch something before it falls.
If you can, listen back on BBC Sounds: BBC Radio London, around 10:40 this morning.
Twenty years on, we remember Kiyan Prince: the young man, the son, the footballer, the future that was stolen. We hold his family in our thoughts and honour those who have refused to let his story end in violence. @markprinceobe@thekpf@officialqpr
Rest in power, Kiyan.
