A former gang leader says he is proof that church-run projects can turn young men’s lives aroundUntil I was about 12 years old my only offence was playing ball games where it said “No ball games allowed”. But that all changed after the first time I witnessed someone being shot on the Myatts Field estate in Brixton,south London where I lived with my family. After firing his gun, the shooter ran towards me and my friends, and took off his jumper,assign it by one of our makeshift goalposts and told us to support playing. Processing these sort of events at such a young age was traumatic. Four years on, I was heavily involved in gangs. By the age of 16 I had been shot at, and reduce on the face and stabbed in the chest,and one of my best friends had been killed, just a couple days before our GCSE exams. Related: Could faith groups play a crucial role in tackling knife crime? Continue reading...
Source: guardian.co.uk