Jack Beasley
Foundation
Mission Statement
Our mission is to reduce youth knife crime across Australia through proactive education, meaningful legislative reform, stronger detection laws, and sustained community awareness initiatives. We work to ensure prevention happens before tragedy strikes, not after. By empowering young people with knowledge, real life understanding, and clear consequences, we help them make safer choices. We are committed to building a generation that fully understands the legal, emotional and lifelong impact of carrying a knife and choose a different path.
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Vision Statement
We envision an Australia where young people feel safe in public spaces; at school, on public transport, at sporting events, and in their own communities. A nation where carrying a knife is socially unacceptable, not normalised or dismissed. Where strong laws support prevention and proactive detection, stopping violence before it happens. Above all, we strive for a future where no family has to endure the heartbreak of losing a child to a preventable act of knife crime.
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A National Movement to End Youth Knife Crime
The Jack Beasley Foundation (JBF) was founded with one clear mission: to prevent knife crime, protect young lives, and ensure no other family experiences the devastation of losing a child to youth violence.
Through education, advocacy, and legislative reform, we are working across Australia to stop young people from carrying knives and to create safer communities for everyone.
One decision. One moment. One life changed forever. We believe prevention starts before the blade is drawn.
Jack’s Story:
The Motivation Behind Our Mission
On 13 December 2019, Jack was fatally stabbed at Surfers Paradise. In one senseless moment, a family was shattered and a community changed forever.
From unimaginable loss, Jack’s parents, Brett and Belinda Beasley, turned grief into action. They founded the Jack Beasley Foundation to ensure Jack’s legacy would protect other young people.
Today, his story is saving lives.
The “One Moment” Education Program
The Jack Beasley Foundation delivers one of Australia’s most powerful youth knife crime education programs.
Led by Brett and Belinda Beasley, the One Moment Program brings Jack’s story directly into schools and sporting clubs across the country.
This is not a lecture. This is a lived experience.
What it is:
The “One Moment Education Program.”
Key Learning Outcomes:
Students gain a clear understanding of the legal consequences of carrying a knife and the life-long “snowball effect” that can follow a single violent decision. They learn about the devastating impact on victims and their families, the permanent consequences faced by offenders and the way one moment can alter their entire future. The program also highlights the trauma experienced by friends, witnesses and the wider community. Through one powerful story, we aim to prevent countless others from ever unfolding.
The Focus:
Sharing Jack’s personal story to make the risks of youth violence tangible and real.
Our Core Goals
Deliver Targeted Knife Crime Education
Providing high impact youth violence prevention programs in schools and sporting clubs nationwide.
Advocate for Stronger Knife Laws
Empower Young People
Drive Community Safety Reform
