[5] In 2013, illusionist Uri Geller commissioned the centre to create a 12 ft (3.7 m) high gorilla from spoons sent in from around the world.

In 2014, Alfie Bradley and the British Ironworks Centre launched a new incentive called the 'Save a Life, Surrender Your Knife' campaign.

The artist and the Centre encouraged a knife amnesty in conjunction with local police forces across the United Kingdom, to enable them to build/sculpt an angel statue.

Clive Knowles, chairman of the British Ironworks Centre, criticised six police forces across England and Wales from not getting involved with the project.

[9] By the projects completion, all 43 police forces contributed to the total 100,000 knives, blades, swords and other weapons used in violent crime.