Redhill: Anti-social behaviour crackdown sees 93 charges
Fiona Oldam and Marlon Williams, work for the YMCA charity in Surrey.They have a bus which was funded by the Safer Redhill campaign.Ms Oldam said: "We have games, TV and cooking facilities on board."We go to wherever young people meet and where complaints of anti-social behaviour has been breaking out. "Young people like the PlayStation on the bus but we find most of them just want to talk."
'Safe space'
Mr Williams, the lead youth worker for the YMCA, said: "Once you build a rapport with the young people, they are fine."We go out four nights a week in Redhill so it's good for them to have a safe space when youth clubs aren't open."Vaping is a massive topic of conversation at the moment so we want to have chats around subjects to help keep them out of trouble.
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