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Cabinet Minister Endorses LifeLine Youth Project |
Hazel
Blears, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government has
praised the work of one of LifeLine's latest youth initiatives,
SwitchID.
The project saw 68 young people
wearing high visibility jackets take to the streets in a mass-clean up
of the local area. The projects aims to change the perception of young
people in Barking and Dagenham. The Secretary of State said "We
need more projects like this to show what young people can do and
achieve."
The young people also undertook a door to door survey
to find out what residents think of young people locally. Nathan
Singleton, Director of Young People and Families at LifeLine said "This
event shows that young people are very keen to change how they are
viewed by the community. The next step is to evaluate the
questionnaires and think about what we can do to meet the needs of the
people we spoke to."
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