The people hanging around Greater Manchester stations because 'there's nowhere else to go'
At public transport hubs like the busy Ashton Interchange, schoolkids spill onto buses and sprawl on benches, enjoying the stretch of freedom that lies between the school gates and their homes. Many are in no hurry - the interchange is warm, and there are hours to fill with nowhere in particular to be.
"A lot of the time I think they're a little bit misunderstood," Jess Peers, who heads up the youth work side of the Better Than That campaign - which is aimed at reducing anti-social behaviour on Greater Manchester's public transport network - told the M.E.N. "A lot of the time when I have conversations, it's about the provision not being there for them.
"We're not trying to be the fun police," TfGM's head of resilience and TravelSafe Lucy Kennon told the M.E.N. "It's just about trying to encourage kids to think about their behaviour. "I think a lot of the time they don't understand what anti-social behaviour is," she explained. "We encourage them to try and think about how they would feel if someone did that to their mum or their brother. We try not to have too serious conversations, and a lot of the time they're really respectful. "
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