GATES (Gangs Advice Training & Exit Strategy)
The GATES project aims to get help, information and support to people in gangs, or those affected by gang crime.
GATES provides two free services, telephone advice line and a text alert service.
To contact the GATES advice line call 0800 458 9109.
If you subscribe to the text alert service will receive a welcome alert. After that, you will receive two texts a week, which could be a range of alerts, polls and competitions.
Examples of potential alerts and polls are:
- Kickstart Youth Inclusion programme are providing free sports training for young people aged 16-24. Call...
- After the recent shooting a community meeting will be held at...
- If you owned a gun and Southwark ran a gun amnesty would you deposit your gun? Text yes or no to...
- Do you feel safe in Southwark? Text yes or no to...
The GATES project has been funded by the Safer Southwark Partnership and the Safer London Foundation, and is being run in partnership with the youth agency Kickstart.
For more information please get in touch.
If you are a young person you can sign up to the GATES text alert service by texting "GATES" and your age to 82055 (eg "gates 18").
If you are a parent you can sign up to the GATES text alert service by texting "GATES" and "parent" to 82055.
Finally if you are a professional you can sign up to the GATES text alert service by texting "GATES" and your organisation (eg "Kickstart") to 82055.