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On the Ground: Me & my youth worker - 'Now I see Paris as acolleague'

1 min read Youth Work
Paris Tume, 19, and Pete Fuggle, volunteer co-ordinator for the Salmon Youth Centre in Bermondsey.

When did you first attend the club? Paris: "I started coming here when I was about six. There's not a lot else to do in Bermondsey so I just came along when my mum was at work. I liked it, so I kept coming back."

When did you first meet? Pete: "I think it was about eight years ago. We took a group of the younger members away on a residential to Weymouth and Paris was one of the older ones on the trip. He was about 12 at the time and was a bit of a handful. He didn't really like being told what to do."

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