She was born in Uganda, and came to Britain with her family as refugees in the 1970s as a result of expulsion by Idi Amin. Despite this, Jadeja, who counts Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela as her personal heroes, says she is thankful that her formative years were spent in Uganda.
"In Uganda my childhood was freer," she says. "Young people here have a lot of pressures on them. It's harder for them here and, as the children's commissioner says, we need to stop seeing young people as a problem. However, I think the integrated youth support programme will be good for them."
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