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Radio Tees,6 mins
'My youth worker turned my life around'
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A Teesside teenager says a youth project has helped completely change his life after he found himself in police custody. The 16-year-old from Middlesbrough - who we're calling Adam - says he fell in with the wrong group, barely attended school and started taking drugs Then the Shift team - who support young people alongside Middlesbrough council - stepped in. Adam - whose words have been voiced by an actor - spoke to our reporter Louise Hobson
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