1/7 "People say it's a gang just cos there's loads of us but we think of it as a family" - LHG member from Manchester
2/7 "Nowadays people twist it a bit to say that because you're in a gang you're promoting violence" - LOZ Ladies member, a rap group from Birmingham
3/7 "If you're in a gang you feel safer" - YMF member from Glasgow
4/7 "If any trouble happens we just come back together, stick together. It's just like a LHG family"- LHG member
5/7 "You don't actually wake up one morning and say you're going to be in a gang. You just happen to be a couple of friends who get classed as a gang" - LOZ Ladies member
6/7 "When you grow up you just want to be in a gang so you don't get bullied. You can get a laugh with your pals" - YMF
7/7 "It's not about violence - just because you're with a group of people should it be classed as a gang?" - LOZ Ladies member
