"What I wanted to do was bring them here so they could see that there are difficulties and issues, and problems that we have in Nottinghamshire that are perhaps different from the city. But also that the young people from east London would probably see some similarities with things that they struggle with."
"I was just a bit of a reprobate. But I was eventually offered an apprenticeship with the group, which I said gave me a sense of belonging, and is now a teaching assistant."
"All enterprises can use each other - and [I can] use my experiences to maybe give them a few tips, a few pointers, things like that."
"The exchanges take place at weekends as part of an informal arrangement between the groups involved. The aim is to build bridges between very different places with high levels of deprivation."
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