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It was all too easy to embrace the lifestlye I grew up in. By year 9 I had been kicked out of school, never to return to mainstream education. I got involved with drugs and gangs and I ended up in jail.

It was the wake up call I needed, my son was three at the time and I knew I wanted to be a role model and not a failure. Before my arrest I thought I had everything but I didn't realise how fragile it was.

When I came out of Jail, I received a lot of support from charities such as Carney's Community and Regenerate. They offered me the chance to join a team of good, supportive people. To get involved and help me find employment. I now work as an electrician for the local council, and I work with Aspire to be Great visiting local schools doing talks and gang workshops, trying to put something back into the community, and educating youths on the reality of gang life, and helping them to see the bigger picture in life.

I am raising funds for Carney's so that they can continue to help other young people like they helped me. I volunteer a lot of my time, but they need money to help the community as well, and that is why I am jumping!

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