00:00Jake's been instrumental in kind of coordinating this whole initiative.
00:05PCSOs will go to the house and pick them up.
00:08I think some of the kids have been a bit wary of police.
00:11But thankfully the police are then breaking down that
00:14and showing them that the police do actually do care about the kids.
00:21I'm Adam Little and we're here today to just look at the local community and police initiative.
00:27Getting the kids a little bit more off the street,
00:29getting them in the boxing gyms where we can hopefully teach them a little bit about attitude
00:34as well as being able to teach them how to box, how to control their emotions,
00:37how to have more discipline and a place where they feel safe and secure
00:42where they can go and learn something new.
00:45I think there's quite a lot of trouble with essentially bored teenagers.
00:50But it's not just boredom, it's groups of young people together acting a bit daft,
00:57but we've all been there and we've all done it at times.
01:00One will lead the other into a bit of mischief or whatever you want to call it.
01:05So again, that's what we're looking to do.
01:07Get them in here and then give them another outlet where they can go
01:10and put a little bit of time and effort into it.
01:12The PCSOs will go to the house and pick them up.
01:19Obviously transport has been a bit of a barrier.
01:22You know, we haven't just got people that live five minutes down the road.
01:25We've got people that live ten, fifteen minutes,
01:27and the police are actually going out of their way to get them here.
01:30And that is massively beneficial to the group, to me and to the police.
01:36I think, naturally, I think some of the kids have been a bit wary of police
01:40and the uniform or whatever stigma that brings.
01:45But thankfully the police are then breaking down that
01:49and showing them that the police do actually do care about the kids, the futures,
01:54and also care about the local community.
01:57And it goes far wider than just children.
02:00It's for us, the coaches, and it's also for the local community to get together
02:06and also see how we're bringing this next generation into life, really.
02:12Jake's been instrumental in kind of coordinating this whole initiative
02:18and also having a close relationship with myself
02:22and, you know, talking to me on a regular basis about what it is the kids need.
02:26We're also putting out questionnaires as to know what they need.
02:30It's all good and well, like us kind of thinking we know what they need.
02:34But I actually want the truth from them.
02:36So Jake's then put questionnaires out.
02:41Yesterday we was at Wheaton Camp talking to the Army cadets about what it is we offer.
02:47You know, Jake has been, again, a massive help.
02:51And ultimately this couldn't be happening or wouldn't be happening without him.
02:55So I think we all, I think the local community and me myself owe a lot to Jake.
03:02Our needs to be good.
03:04Thank you very much.
03:07Everything will happen.
03:09It's a new plan.
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