Hello

I was born into a very dysfunctional household, my father suffers with schizophrenia, my mother was a child herself when she had me but regardless of that I love them both even after the hell they made for me and my brother. After 10 years of witnessing/experiencing physical abuse, most of my time was spent on the streets trying to find entertainment but what I found only lead me on a darker path. My first time involved with criminal activity was when I was 10 or 11 this was when social services finally intervened, unfortunately it was to late for me I had found my new family in crime.

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When I was away from what I knew to be home I spent a majority of it missing from care. Being missing at such a young age made me very vulnerable to criminal exploitation as my pockets would be empty, no where to sleep, no where to call home just me and my undiagnosed ADHD brain. I was secured multiple times growing up, funny enough this was where I felt the most safe growing up and as soon as I would be released it was straight back to finding my family (Criminal Exploitation).

 

When I was 16 my step nan fostered me, you would think this was a good thing but it was quite the opposite, at no fault of my step nans I had found myself knees deep in County Lines again except this time was different. After living in rough areas around the UK I had learnt that manipulation is easy especially when you're in rural England where people tend to be more unsuspecting of gang culture.

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After a couple years of living this life I decided enough was enough and I kept trying to leave that life behind but I kept finding myself trapped. It took 2 years to break free from the invisible chains, that's why I decided to do what I do now for anyone struggling with escaping criminal exploitation I am here to share my experience in this godforsaken life and make serious changes to the way professionals deal with young people that are trapped.