The death of his son Damilola led Richard and his late wife Gloria to set up a trust to support disadvantaged young people.
Richard Taylor was spurred on by the enormity of his son’s death to campaign for years for positive change for young people.
A number of famous faces have supported their campaigning over the years, including footballer Rio Ferdinand who grew up in Peckham near where the Taylors lived. Damilola had ambitions for a future in the medical profession to carry out research to help his sister, but instead, months after moving to the UK, he was fatally stabbed by two boys aged 12 and 13 while on his way home from the library.
Mr Taylor was appointed as an anti-knife crime envoy under then-prime minister Gordon Brown in 2009 and was made an OBE for his work to stop knife violence.
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