“Our mantra is we do whatever it takes,” explains Josh MacAlister.
He is one of the co-founders of SHiFT, a national charity which is aiming to break the ‘destructive cycle’ between young people and crime, drugs, violence and exploitation.
While it currently has schemes ongoing in Kingston, Richmond and Greenwich, the first project outside of London has been launched in Tameside, with the backing of the Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham.