Fourteen-year-old Dallas Mitchell looks up to her older brother Sam. When she saw how his involvement in their local council’s young inspector scheme had changed him, she wanted in on it too. "It made him see things in other ways, like thinking about the community and how to treat others," she recalls.
"Before, he was messy and used to throw litter on the floor, but this just changed him. Now he throws things in the bin."
Dallas and her 15-year-old brother are among Calderdale’s current crop of active young inspectors, a group of trained-up young people who receive £5 an hour to inspect a broad range of recreational, educational and support venues across the area and deliver verdicts on how well they meet young people’s needs.
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