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-Many young people across the UK are
living in dangerous and difficult places,
being bullied, living in violent homes in areas
where they don't even feel safe to go out, because they're
afraid of being attacked.
So watch this film about gang conflict,
a problem across the UK that's having a devastating effect.
And find out how you can make a real difference to children
and young people's lives, this Sport Relief, right here
in the UK.
-Well tackling gang culture is top of the agenda, of course,
for many communities across the UK.
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-There was a lad on a bike who was
chased by about 10 to 20 males.
-There are a lot of young people that kind of, hm,
maybe fallen into kind of like a group mentality, kind of like,
want to look after themselves and protect themselves.
-They'll be, like, different areas,
and they'll be, like, against each other or whatever.
It's just, like, a post code thing
or whatever-- you can't come in this area,
because you're from there, because you live there,
even if you're not a part of that, the gang life, and stuff
like that.
-A gang, to me, is a group of people.
It could be any age.
It doesn't have to be-- they could be 7, they could be 12,
they could be 14, they could be 20,
of people who go out within their local area,
and they fight with a rival, another scheme,
for their territory.
-It usually starts when you are younger, like really young,
and you've watched, like, the bigger ones
who were in gangs before you.
And you watched them doing it, and you thought, oh,
I want to be like them.
They were like your role models, really.
-I think, gang culture exists, because the territory-- a lot
of young people like to be territorial.
And I think a lot of young people
don't really have much to do.
-Some of the things you would see
was people getting took away in ambulances,
and people not being able to get in different areas,
because of the faster gang fighting.
When I first found out about it, I
didn't know what it actually was,
so I used to just think it was normal.
It just happened to everybody and anybody.
-If you do get caught by the wrong person
in the wrong place, then it can result
into something using knives, guns, anything like that.
-The thing is just young people are trying to make their mark,
you know, trying to show us their status.
-You should just be able to go somewhere and feel comfortable
and not feel, oh, I have to be careful of what I say
or what I do, or whatever.
-There was one time, when I was an Angel, with my mates-- There
was four of us, walking.
And like, I see a group of boys coming, four of them
and four of us, I see a group of them coming.
As we kept walking, they stopped us.
They took me over to the corner, and tried to get my stuff.
Obviously, I wasn't having it.
So I started getting angry and that, saying,
you ain't going to get my stuff.
They're like: what? - Should I stab you?
But in the end, they just walked off.
As they keep talking to us, obviously more people
are looking, and they quickly wandered off and went.
So that was a close one.
-If someone says, they're not scared, they're lying,
because everyone is scared at one point.
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-Fare does feel like a safe place.
You just feel the safe environment
as soon as you walk in the building.
The staff members make you feel more than welcome.
It's a brilliant place to be safe.
And there's never any fights.
-Skyway is a definite safe place to be,
because they have all to provide young children
to stay in the place.
-It's important for young people to feel safe,
so they don't get hurt or harmed.
I've been going here since I was like 8-years-old.
The activities are good.
There's fun here, something to do.
-And what we're trying to do is mix up the schools.
So we try and pair them with another school that
is in conflict with them, and then try
and kind of build bridges and get them to break down them
kind of barriers that they have.
And it works.
We've seen it.
We've seen it work.
We've seen young people that would never,
ever, speak to each other, would never have any contact
any other time.
-Well, I don't hang about on the street as much,
and I've got friends that do.
I don't really talk to them no more, because I come to Skyway.
I've met new friends now-- people
that are not on the street, that are doing things in their life,
getting jobs, education.
-They understand, and they know, that they
can walk through that door, and not
have to worry about looking over their shoulder,
because it's a completely safe environment.
It's about equality.
Everyone's equal under that roof.
-People who are from broken homes or from homes
that they're being threatened, domestic violence, people who
were in gangs and trying to get out
of that-- it's about getting young people off the streets
and into an environment like this.
-So, if Skyway wasn't open, I think I'd be on the streets,
doing nothing with my life.
But when Skyway was opened, there's sessions I could dance,
sing-- so Skyway's really helpful to me.
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-Safe places exist all over the UK,
because of the money that you raised for Sport Relief.
There may even be a safe place that Sport Relief cash has
helped near you, but there are children and young people
across the UK who still need support.
By taking part in raising money this Sport
Relief in your school, you can make a real difference
to their lives.
Thank you.