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Name: | Dominic Mills |
Age: | 25 |
Year of the Fix: | 2010 |
Location: | Huddersfield |
Campaign: | To warn young people against getting involved in gangs and crime |
I’m from Deighton in Huddersfield. It’s a deprived community and there’s a lot of crime going on.
There aren’t many jobs for people, especially young people, and postcode gangs are part of our everyday life. I got drawn into my local gang and after making some wrong decisions, I ended up getting sentenced to 2 years in prison for a street robbery.
It’s only now that I can stand back and see how being involved in the gang changed the way I thought and behaved. Money is such a powerful thing and it made me do things that I now realise were wrong.
Life is so much better now and I just wish I hadn’t had to go through all the bad stuff to realise that.
I'm producing a screenplay with the help of Fixers to show the reasons why people get drawn into gangs. It will also explain that there’s more to life than gangs and will encourage young people to focus on something positive in order to make a difference to their lives.
Here is a list of Fixers helping me with my Fix:
Shervin Soltani | Sherrin Ozee |
Tom Warrilow | Gemma Gay |
Kadean Fogarthy | Russell Kydakwashe |
Matthew Francis | Sheamar Joseph |
Mercy Dengure | Victoria Bryce-Chan |
Ryan Russell | Danielle Hanson |
Kieran Cudjoe | Amy Noden |
Adrian Briscoe | Gabi Attidore |
Daniel Boalslain | Declan James-Thomas |
Aaron Duncan-Barry | Jason Robinson |
Ishmael Willie | Sharnia Roberts |
Teshaun Thomas | Cree Quashie |
Joel Pinnock | Jamie Shaw |
Klyne Allert | Simon Benniott |
Toussaint Bobb | Robert Lewis |
Natalie Hutchinson | Rachael Unsworth |
Denica West | Sharnell Durkin |
Matthew Royal | Chanelle Adams |
Jamal Simpson | Amy Clifford |
Alice Tones | Laura Markham |
Iona Simpson | Shane Welsh |
Gavin Russell | Scott Lockwood |
Niki Modste | Wes Mightly |
Chante Powell | Andre Moore |
Simon Lewis | Hope St Hilaire |
Kyra Shaw | Kloee Adams |
Nikesha Malcolm | Kyomi Williams |
Kuki Keaton | Richard Bedford |
Michael Liburd | Andre Clarke |
July 2010
My story was featured in The Huddersfield Daily Examiner. Click here to read the full story.
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Fixers
Timothy Cranfield
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