In 2003 Erinma became a co-founder and CEO of her own formidable charity known as CARISMA – Community Alliance for Renewal Inner South Manchester Area. This is a front-line community based group set up to offer life-chances for people in the community by giving them positive alternatives other than violent street, gun and gang crimes.
This successful model enabled a 92% decrease in gun and gang crime in Manchester. There is a sculpture of Erinma, made from 50 recycled guns as a tribute to her anti-gun and gang crime works. The sculpture is the first female statue to go on display in the Town Hall in 150 years!
