Swindon Borough Council and Wiltshire Police are giving out 400 gym memberships to identified teens.
By Dan O'Brien & Jasmine Ketibuah-FoleyVulnerable teenagers at risk of substance abuse and criminality will receive free gym memberships to "fundamentally" improve their lives.The funding for 400 passes came from the proceeds of an illegal drugs crime.
"We identified a real challenge for some of our most vulnerable children in Swindon and one of the issues is often we get to them too late." "We know the indicators often come from issues of poverty abuse trauma and neglect within their family homes and if we can work with families earlier we know that it can have not only long term benefits for their children, but also for the wider communities in terms of offending and anti-social behaviour," he added.
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