Barth runs what he believes is the only UK project set up just to support mixed heritage young people. Now the third largest minority ethnic group in England and Wales, half of all mixed heritage people are aged 15 or under.
The emergence of this group happened overnight - statistically at least.
For the first time in the 2001 Census, people could tick a box that identified them as being of "mixed" ethnicity.
But research reveals some worrying trends. Mixed heritage teenagers in Sheffield, where Barth runs the project, are the fastest-growing group of young offenders, according to figures from the local youth offending team.
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