Bill Hirst's Prince's Trust Diary 09/06/2009

Bill Hirst, a BTP detective constable based in the Area Intelligence section in Leeds, volunteered to attend a Prince's Trust course in April/May 2009.

As part of a national scheme, Bill joined a group of disaffected young people undertaking a variety of community activities and team building tasks.

Bill was already used to working with young people in the Scouts and on Outward Bound courses but this group were altogether different.

His time with the Prince's Trust group enabled him to get an insight into the mindset (and problems) faced by a group of young people without many of life's advantages. He learned a lot about youngsters with a variety of disadvantages and any preconceptions he had of what the team members would be like went out of the window as he worked and socialised with them.

To read Bill's diary of his time on the Prince's Trust course click here.

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