I am a young mum with two daughters aged three and five. I first became pregnant when I was doing my GCSEs. But I have since begun to turn round my life after volunteering at the Hideout drop-in centre in Neath Port Talbot.
When I was a teenager, there was nothing to do apart from sit in the park. I wouldn't change my kids, but if I'd had somewhere like the Hideout at the time I don't think I would have got pregnant so early. At the club, I help young people with computers and run the tuck shop. It's changed me too - eight months ago I wouldn't even get on a bus by myself.
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