In this episode Edwina talks to Chief Inspector Jack Rowlands who heads up DIVERT, a Metropolitan Police Service intervention programme for young adults aged 18-25 years. Working in partnership with a number of charities, DIVERT aims to reduce reoffending and offer routes in to employment, education and training. Edwina also hears from Paul Goumou who has directly benefitted from the support, coaching and mentoring on offer. The team goes on location at Brixton Police Station Custody Suite with Jack, to find out more about how the DIVERT initiative works there and in other police stations across the Metropolitan Police Service and meets DIVERT Coach Angel Videyra.
You can follow DIVERT @DIVERTLondon
Chief Inspector Jack Rowlands @earlyyearscop
To find out more about DIVERT and Paul Goumou’s music: https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/music-youth
Read more about the One Small Thing charity here.
Twitter - @OSTCharity
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