Nequela Whittaker once aspired to be South London’s biggest drug dealer. Today she’s a youth worker, author and mentor who is passionate about working with young people and, as she puts it, being “part of the solution”. She shares her story about how she got involved in crime, ended up in a Scottish prison and what made her want to leave her old lifestyle behind.

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Useful organisations:

• Support and Action Women's Network
• Working Chance
• Catch 22 gangs services which are self-referrable:
• Wolverhampton Resettlement - Age 18 – 30 (Wolverhampton) 
• London Gang Exit – Age 16 – 24 ( London)
• Straight Up – Age 16 – 30 (Birmingham and Solihull)

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