Evening Standard: " Mentor shows young gangsters the City to stop postcode wars"

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"Young street gang members in London are being given tours around the City in an effort to divert them from a life of crime.

"... Twilight Bey, a youth engagement manager for the 'Pathways to Progress' scheme, said: “Some young people say they have never been out of their estates because of the perceived threat from rival groups. Often it is just fear, but that fear paralyses young people’s lives and prevents them from taking opportunities.”

"Mr Bey, 42, who works with teenagers on the Stonebridge estate in a Brent council-funded scheme, said some young people refused to attend job or school interviews because it meant travelling through rival territory.