Alvin Garner, a bright 16-year-old from Southampton's St Mary's estate, is busy fixing a carburettor onto a battered Mini Metro that he is rebuilding along with five young people on Southampton's youth inclusion programme.
He says he never knew how to fill his days before he came into contact with Baseline, the Crime Concern project that runs the programme in the city.
"Before I started doing stuff like this I didn't know what I wanted to do, but now there's no point just hanging around if I could be here instead," he says."It's good working with the other lads on the car because I feel like I'm learning something that will some day allow me to start my own business."
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