0:00:14 > 0:00:17The Titanic was the most famous ship ever built.
0:00:20 > 0:00:22It was built ten minutes away from my house.
0:00:25 > 0:00:26We live in the shadow of it.
0:00:26 > 0:00:29We didn't do it, our forefathers and all did.
0:00:29 > 0:00:35We didn't do nothing, we just get to live in the glory of it.
0:00:35 > 0:00:37Like, you picture it, back in the day,
0:00:37 > 0:00:39there was hundreds of thousands of people blocking up Dee Street
0:00:39 > 0:00:42and all them other roads getting to work.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44You see now, it's a ghost town.
0:00:48 > 0:00:50In our towns and cities,
0:00:50 > 0:00:55just one in every five Protestant boys from working-class areas
0:00:55 > 0:00:58leave school with five GCSEs above grade C.
0:01:00 > 0:01:04Whenever I came out of school I thought it would have been easy to get a job.
0:01:04 > 0:01:05It's not.
0:01:05 > 0:01:08The only way you're going to get a job now is if you go back for
0:01:08 > 0:01:09further education.
0:01:12 > 0:01:16Three young men from East Belfast are going back to the classroom.
0:01:17 > 0:01:21They'll be taking on the biggest educational challenge of their lives.
0:01:23 > 0:01:26Yeah , fair enough, people came out of school years ago and went
0:01:26 > 0:01:29straight into jobs, but now I feel it's impossible
0:01:29 > 0:01:31to come out of school and go straight into something.
0:01:31 > 0:01:32It makes me jealous.
0:01:33 > 0:01:34Actually, it does.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37Look at all the hard work you have to do now to get a job.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05What are yous all meeting about?
0:02:09 > 0:02:11They're so slippery, like.
0:02:11 > 0:02:12Skye, come here.
0:02:12 > 0:02:13Good girl.
0:02:16 > 0:02:17They mightn't take to it at first,
0:02:17 > 0:02:20but it's the only way to tame them down properly.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26In a way I prefer the company of animals than people.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33I suffer from bad anxiety at times.
0:02:33 > 0:02:34Go on. Good lad.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37It's not easy because if I can't deal with it,
0:02:37 > 0:02:40it can turn into a panic attack, so it can.
0:02:40 > 0:02:42That's when the lights go out.
0:02:43 > 0:02:47By the age of 14, Aaron had moved school eight times.
0:02:49 > 0:02:52It got to a point where I was told I was moving house again,
0:02:52 > 0:02:55I just turned upside down, really.
0:02:55 > 0:02:57My whole world just turned upside down.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00The thought of doing the whole process all over again,
0:03:00 > 0:03:01all the studying,
0:03:01 > 0:03:03all the new faces, everything.
0:03:04 > 0:03:05No chance.
0:03:07 > 0:03:08So I didn't get any GCSEs.
0:03:08 > 0:03:10I just gave up. I just left.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13I turned my back on the whole education system.
0:03:14 > 0:03:18When he left school, Aaron made a living from various jobs.
0:03:18 > 0:03:19Oh, good girl.
0:03:20 > 0:03:21Monkey see, monkey do.
0:03:22 > 0:03:24I just started them becoming tame.
0:03:24 > 0:03:29But in the past three years, he's found it impossible to get work.
0:03:29 > 0:03:33Spending too much time by yourself is a wee bit too unhealthy, so it is.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38And a wee job would sort that out, so it would.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50Over the next four months, Aaron and two other young men
0:03:50 > 0:03:53are taking part in a course.
0:03:53 > 0:03:54Hello. Come on in.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56It could open the door to new opportunities.
0:03:56 > 0:03:59- How are you? - It's trying something new.
0:03:59 > 0:04:05I mean, I'm quite nervous that I might screw something up.
0:04:07 > 0:04:08Hello.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10- I'm Stephen.- I'm Samuel.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12Nice to meet you, Samuel.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14What we do is we teach people to build things
0:04:14 > 0:04:16and we can build almost anything.
0:04:16 > 0:04:20The course is run by Fab Lab, an international outreach programme
0:04:20 > 0:04:24that teaches digital manufacturing.
0:04:24 > 0:04:25Meeting new people the first day
0:04:25 > 0:04:28is always awkward because you don't know how it's going to turn out.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31But it's like walking into school on your first day.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33I'm Paddy by the way.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35- John.- Good to meet you.- Sammy.
0:04:35 > 0:04:36Good to meet you.
0:04:36 > 0:04:40So what we're going to make, the very first thing is a key ring.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43Everything you see, whether it be the table that you're sitting at,
0:04:43 > 0:04:46the games arcade, the things that are hanging from the gantry,
0:04:46 > 0:04:48have all been made using this very, very simple process.
0:04:48 > 0:04:50So it all starts with this one.
0:04:50 > 0:04:55Aaron, John and Sammy will learn how to use cutting-edge machines
0:04:55 > 0:04:58like 3D printers and laser cutters.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01I don't even know what I'm doing.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04What just happened?
0:05:04 > 0:05:07I don't know what you have done, mate.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10If you're in, click on the black arrow. There we go.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12If they can master the technology,
0:05:12 > 0:05:16they'll earn themselves a qualification in digital fabrication.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19I have seen from my own experience whenever I was teaching in schools,
0:05:19 > 0:05:21the formal learning environment,
0:05:21 > 0:05:25the rigidity is probably a big part of why certain people,
0:05:25 > 0:05:28I don't want to say fail, but it doesn't work for them.
0:05:28 > 0:05:32What we do is we look at the person that's presented in front of us
0:05:32 > 0:05:35and we try and engage with them on their level.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38- I can work at those. - Oh, aye.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40That's looking good.
0:05:40 > 0:05:41That's class, like.
0:05:42 > 0:05:43No-one is saying it's going to be easy.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45No-one is saying there is a magic switch,
0:05:45 > 0:05:48we can flick it and everything is better again,
0:05:48 > 0:05:50but a start has to be made somewhere, you know.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00School knocked my confidence down a hell of a lot.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07Being told you're not smart enough to do things and all.
0:06:08 > 0:06:12All the pressure of, like, getting coursework and all done.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14Just... I didn't like it at all.
0:06:22 > 0:06:26I can't blame school on everything, but, you know...
0:06:26 > 0:06:28I can't say I didn't...
0:06:29 > 0:06:30..mess up a good bit of it myself.
0:06:32 > 0:06:36Sammy left school with Cs and Ds and five GCSEs.
0:06:37 > 0:06:38He has been on the dole since.
0:06:40 > 0:06:41I've never even had a job in my life.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47Like, my granny, she's 84,
0:06:48 > 0:06:52and she worked in a mill as soon as she came out of primary school.
0:06:52 > 0:06:57Back then there wasn't such a thing as qualifications, you know.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00What even is a qualification really, you know?
0:07:00 > 0:07:02What's the point of it? That's what I think.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10GAME: Don't let the targets reach the firing zone.
0:07:12 > 0:07:16Some of them have sort of fallen so far through the cracks that they are
0:07:16 > 0:07:19incredibly hard to reach.
0:07:19 > 0:07:20No wonder the guys aren't that interested.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26- Come on. - Aw, Paddy, are you serious?
0:07:27 > 0:07:31Without frightening you, or, you know, putting you off anything, OK,
0:07:31 > 0:07:36we're going to do a qualification, all right?
0:07:36 > 0:07:39And it's a level two and it's called introduction to digital fabrication.
0:07:39 > 0:07:41It will all be marked and then a couple of weeks later
0:07:41 > 0:07:43you'll get your nice, shiny new certificate.
0:07:43 > 0:07:45- Do you know what time it is? - Don't know.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48- Lunch-time. - Lunch-time? Fed up talking?
0:07:48 > 0:07:50Our food is sitting there, mate, and it's getting cold.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53- The food's sitting there. - Priorities.- OK.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55But before we go for lunch,
0:07:55 > 0:07:58is everyone clear enough on that and what we're going to be doing?
0:07:58 > 0:07:59- Yes.- Happy enough?
0:08:00 > 0:08:03We've just got to keep them hanging on in there.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06Even if sometimes it's by the fingernails, you keep them there.
0:08:11 > 0:08:14MUSIC PLAYS
0:08:17 > 0:08:20It's my beat. So...
0:08:20 > 0:08:23There, work from that.
0:08:23 > 0:08:24But it is quite tricky sometimes.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26You need to find motivation from places
0:08:26 > 0:08:28and sometimes it's pretty hard,
0:08:29 > 0:08:30but...
0:08:31 > 0:08:32It's all right at the minute.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35I've got a lot of stuff going on so I just write about that.
0:08:35 > 0:08:37"If it should be that I grow weak
0:08:37 > 0:08:40"And the pain should keep me from my sleep
0:08:40 > 0:08:41"Then you must do what must be done
0:08:41 > 0:08:44"For this lost battle cannot be won."
0:08:44 > 0:08:47When I was younger I used to get bullied, so I had to leave that
0:08:47 > 0:08:49school and went to a different school, and I didn't want to go
0:08:49 > 0:08:52through secondary school the way I went through primary school.
0:08:52 > 0:08:56So, I just had to put an end to it one way or another.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59I don't like fighting at all. I hate the fact that it was the only way,
0:08:59 > 0:09:02but at that time it was the only way.
0:09:09 > 0:09:13It's not very good that I got expelled two days before the end of school.
0:09:13 > 0:09:17I did get six, seven GCSEs, all important ones.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19# This is concrete jungle
0:09:19 > 0:09:21# So, every day is a... #
0:09:22 > 0:09:25John trained as a chef,
0:09:25 > 0:09:26but he has been out of a job since
0:09:26 > 0:09:28he was made redundant four years ago.
0:09:29 > 0:09:33It just makes me feel like school is a waste of time.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35# I feel like dancin'
0:09:35 > 0:09:36# In the moonlight, baby
0:09:36 > 0:09:40# Only if you want to dance with me, girl
0:09:40 > 0:09:41# Some... #
0:09:42 > 0:09:45He's also worried the past could be holding him back.
0:09:45 > 0:09:52When I was 18 I assaulted police officers and that's kind of my
0:09:52 > 0:09:55extreme thing on my criminal record.
0:09:55 > 0:09:59Now, it just makes me feel really bad about it and I just feel as though
0:09:59 > 0:10:03the decisions I made when I was younger have just ruined my future.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10As part of their qualification,
0:10:10 > 0:10:12the boys have to make a mural for their community.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20But first, the design has to be approved
0:10:20 > 0:10:22by the people who live there.
0:10:24 > 0:10:28Our customer, really, is the residents,
0:10:28 > 0:10:31but if we present our final ideas and they say no,
0:10:31 > 0:10:34then we have to go back and we have to change our design.
0:10:34 > 0:10:38Right. So, what are the themes of our mural?
0:10:38 > 0:10:40Anything at all?
0:10:40 > 0:10:41- Peace.- Peace.
0:10:41 > 0:10:44- Right. Anything else? - Past and future.
0:10:44 > 0:10:46Because of the heritage of the area.
0:10:46 > 0:10:48The shipyards now, they don't employ the way they used to,
0:10:48 > 0:10:50because we don't make ships here any more,
0:10:50 > 0:10:54but Harland & Wolff still operates in renewable energies.
0:10:54 > 0:10:55This symbol of the past,
0:10:55 > 0:10:58which was very important to the people of the area,
0:10:58 > 0:11:00is now already looking into the future.
0:11:00 > 0:11:04So, the people of the area should be looking along with that.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06Would you agree with that? Yeah. OK.
0:11:06 > 0:11:08So the information that we have is
0:11:08 > 0:11:11that the residents like the idea of a quote.
0:11:11 > 0:11:15I want each of you to get me two quotes.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19That's a lot of pressure.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22A lot to take in at the minute.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25It's decent, aye, so it is, having a routine...
0:11:27 > 0:11:29and having something to get up for.
0:11:39 > 0:11:45Graffiti artist Jim Ricks is meeting the boys to kick-start some ideas.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47It's a good-sized wall. I think simple and bold,
0:11:47 > 0:11:51it's key to think about moving forward, an idea of hope.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53An idea of hope is the best way of putting it.
0:11:53 > 0:11:55The next generation doesn't need to grow up the way we did.
0:11:55 > 0:11:57This is where it should stop. If it doesn't,
0:11:57 > 0:11:59there's no point even doing this.
0:11:59 > 0:12:00You see at the bottom here,
0:12:00 > 0:12:03you could do two big circles and then in the middle,
0:12:03 > 0:12:04what we want now.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07It's a tricky wee project, like, I'll tell you that.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16With the design process under way,
0:12:16 > 0:12:19the boys now have to get to grips with the technology.
0:12:21 > 0:12:25I want you to find me a nice-looking silhouette,
0:12:25 > 0:12:27and we're going to cut that out of vinyl.
0:12:27 > 0:12:29When we go to make our mural,
0:12:29 > 0:12:31we are going to be using this machine.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38You pick whatever one you want.
0:12:38 > 0:12:40Yeah, try that, and right click.
0:12:40 > 0:12:42- Right there, yeah?- You see the wee blue drop-down one, sorry?
0:12:42 > 0:12:45To be honest, Paddy, I'm not wearing my glasses.
0:12:45 > 0:12:49I need my glasses, to tell you the truth.
0:12:49 > 0:12:52Confidence, you know, is a big thing.
0:12:53 > 0:12:56Smooth it off and then pull from a diagonal.
0:12:56 > 0:13:00Do you know, I always see the role as a teacher to promote and inspire.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05Not to make someone the smartest or the best,
0:13:05 > 0:13:07but to make them as good as they can be.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10Paddy, all off in one go.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13In one go? A pro.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16- Absolute pro.- I never had the chance to realise my own potential.
0:13:18 > 0:13:19Some of these guys
0:13:19 > 0:13:22may never have been paid a compliment in their life.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24Ah, class.
0:13:24 > 0:13:25Class. Very good.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27That's absolutely 100%. That'll look great.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29That'll look great.
0:13:43 > 0:13:44Deary me.
0:13:47 > 0:13:48It looks awesome.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50This course is one of the biggest challenges
0:13:50 > 0:13:51I've done in my life, really.
0:13:51 > 0:13:53At the very beginning, to be honest,
0:13:53 > 0:13:57the best way to put it was like a wee pup or a fish out of water.
0:13:57 > 0:13:58The last wee bit.
0:14:03 > 0:14:07Right, Walter. At the same time, the anxiety does come into it a lot.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09You see I'm not wearing my glasses when I'm supposed to,
0:14:09 > 0:14:11and it's really messing me up, you know,
0:14:11 > 0:14:12looking at the computer screen.
0:14:12 > 0:14:16I just don't have the confidence to stick my glasses on yet.
0:14:29 > 0:14:30Ring-ring.
0:14:34 > 0:14:35The phone's off.
0:14:35 > 0:14:37Mark, his phone's off.
0:14:39 > 0:14:41We'll call round, then.
0:14:41 > 0:14:42I'm not happy.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47The boys are due to pitch to the residents today.
0:14:49 > 0:14:50Samuel?
0:14:51 > 0:14:52Samuel?
0:14:59 > 0:15:00Right. See you later.
0:15:02 > 0:15:05He says he'll call at half one with the residents.
0:15:05 > 0:15:09Hopefully he does, but I couldn't see it, he looks knackered still.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19Sammy hasn't appeared.
0:15:21 > 0:15:25Aaron and John have to face the residents on their own.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27The reason why we're here is because
0:15:27 > 0:15:29we're going to be designing this mural
0:15:29 > 0:15:31that's going to go on the gable wall in Lodge Street.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34OK. What's these T-shirts you're all wearing?
0:15:36 > 0:15:37- That's the name of your group?- Yes.
0:15:37 > 0:15:41So surely you'd want some reference to that on it.
0:15:41 > 0:15:44- Yes.- The residents already have their heart set on a quote.
0:15:46 > 0:15:48There was a mural that was done in the Shankill...
0:15:48 > 0:15:51- The quote on it.- The quote on it, yeah, we looked at that.
0:15:51 > 0:15:52"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful,
0:15:52 > 0:15:55"concerned citizens can change the world."
0:15:55 > 0:15:57We're agreeing on that quote.
0:15:57 > 0:16:00That actually sounded more like us.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03But Aaron and John have another quote they prefer.
0:16:03 > 0:16:07I hope yous two know you're going to start talking here any minute.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12What is it we're actually looking forward
0:16:12 > 0:16:15to working towards?
0:16:15 > 0:16:16You say that, then.
0:16:16 > 0:16:19You say it.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21Right, obviously, you assumed
0:16:21 > 0:16:23you've got your heart set on that quote,
0:16:23 > 0:16:27but the way we're talking about more, past, present and future.
0:16:27 > 0:16:29Pass that around.
0:16:29 > 0:16:32Something like that there because it ties in with everything.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35Yous did say at the start that you didn't want to copy anyone else,
0:16:35 > 0:16:37and that would be copying.
0:16:38 > 0:16:41You can say no. I'm not going to take offence to it.
0:16:41 > 0:16:42You can say no.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44The past, the present and the future.
0:16:44 > 0:16:46Don't get me wrong. That saying is exactly what we say.
0:16:46 > 0:16:50It is what we think our group is representing in our area,
0:16:50 > 0:16:53but for this particular mural that we're doing on this wall,
0:16:53 > 0:16:56I think that quote fits in better.
0:16:56 > 0:17:00What I will say, remember...
0:17:00 > 0:17:02That makes me feel great, yeah.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05The whole thing makes me feel great
0:17:05 > 0:17:07to be able to just stand up and say what I wanted to say.
0:17:25 > 0:17:28The graffiti artist has come back with some ideas.
0:17:28 > 0:17:33So I was just thinking of using a knot that's an infinity loop.
0:17:33 > 0:17:35In fact, I would argue that's all you need.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38- I don't know.- It's just when the residents see it,
0:17:38 > 0:17:40they're going to expect all the likes of the mills
0:17:40 > 0:17:41and all the rest of it.
0:17:41 > 0:17:43They're not going to expect this.
0:17:43 > 0:17:45They did have their heart set on the quote,
0:17:45 > 0:17:47so what about that there sort of thing?
0:17:47 > 0:17:49The quote is very literal,
0:17:49 > 0:17:52and I tried to interpret that into imagery
0:17:52 > 0:17:55that becomes more symbolic and universal.
0:17:55 > 0:17:57- PADDY:- You're not going to come up with a solution
0:17:57 > 0:17:59where everyone goes 100% yes.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02So I think compromise is the keyword here.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13What we saw this morning, John, what do you think yourself, mate?
0:18:13 > 0:18:16- Honest opinion?- Honestly, I'm not going to take anything away
0:18:16 > 0:18:20from his designs because they were nice and all,
0:18:20 > 0:18:24but you need more. We need more in it, not just the one thing.
0:18:24 > 0:18:26Like, they, the residents,
0:18:26 > 0:18:29they've always been focused on a quote, like.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32- I think we are a wee bit over our head, to be honest.- Yeah.
0:18:40 > 0:18:44Sammy hasn't turned up at Fab Lab for a few weeks.
0:18:47 > 0:18:51I haven't really seen Sammy two, maybe three sessions.
0:18:51 > 0:18:53I hope everything is all right for him.
0:18:55 > 0:18:57- He turned the phone off.- Did he?
0:18:58 > 0:19:00Yeah, he ain't coming in.
0:19:01 > 0:19:05I don't know what's going on with him. I want to know what's up.
0:19:05 > 0:19:07Hi, Sammy, just Paddy from the Fab Lab here,
0:19:07 > 0:19:10just trying to get in touch with you, mate.
0:19:10 > 0:19:12I hope to hear from you soon.
0:19:12 > 0:19:13You have my number, anyway. Give me a ring.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15If people don't want to come,
0:19:15 > 0:19:17they don't want to come, and, really,
0:19:17 > 0:19:18we have no control over that.
0:19:18 > 0:19:19Our challenge is to go...
0:19:19 > 0:19:22Sometimes it's not easy. In the pursuit of an education,
0:19:22 > 0:19:24you do have to push yourself.
0:19:24 > 0:19:28Yeah, sure, we can fill in for Sammy while he's off.
0:19:28 > 0:19:33I just hope he comes back and is part of us and part of the history.
0:19:35 > 0:19:39The boys have finalised the mural design.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42They're really hoping it will win the residents' approval.
0:19:44 > 0:19:46Right, well, the diamond is to represent,
0:19:46 > 0:19:47you know, the Diamond Project,
0:19:47 > 0:19:50the group the residents have made.
0:19:50 > 0:19:52And these wee bubbles are for the future
0:19:52 > 0:19:55and that's obviously the mill.
0:19:55 > 0:19:58So we've got past, present and future.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02- Enough to support them.- I hate this.
0:20:02 > 0:20:04It looks easy, but it's not.
0:20:04 > 0:20:08When the residents come, you don't want to look stupid.
0:20:08 > 0:20:12A couple of times I felt like walking away, so I did.
0:20:12 > 0:20:15Just trying to keep motivated and try and stay on the course, really,
0:20:15 > 0:20:17because at the end of the day, it is not only for me,
0:20:17 > 0:20:19it is for the community as well, so I didn't want to let them down.
0:20:21 > 0:20:23Right, so we're going to keep it faced this way,
0:20:23 > 0:20:25and when we go out, we'll turn it around.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37It really does represent what we were looking for.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39Shaped like a diamond.
0:20:39 > 0:20:40Like a diamond.
0:20:56 > 0:20:58Sammy...
0:20:59 > 0:21:01..is back on board.
0:21:06 > 0:21:09How do you even put it into words?
0:21:09 > 0:21:11Too much going on.
0:21:11 > 0:21:14My dad recently just came out of hospital...
0:21:15 > 0:21:19..and he's not well.
0:21:19 > 0:21:20He's still not well.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25And then my granny, she's not too well.
0:21:28 > 0:21:29She's not too well.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32So I just needed a few personal weeks.
0:21:32 > 0:21:33The qualification means a lot,
0:21:33 > 0:21:36so I knew I had to come back and get it finished.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47John's been thinking about the future too.
0:21:51 > 0:21:53He's meeting his da for advice.
0:21:57 > 0:21:59I've got more GCSEs than anyone I know
0:21:59 > 0:22:02and I'm still sitting here like a hobo.
0:22:02 > 0:22:05- I want to go to uni. - You want to go to uni now?
0:22:05 > 0:22:08- I want to go to uni. - You can still go to uni now.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12It used to be you went for a job and just walked up and got one.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15Like, you need all these qualifications to get a job.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18- I didn't need anything. - That's why I want to go to uni.
0:22:18 > 0:22:20It's all about confidence now as well.
0:22:20 > 0:22:22So the only way to build up your confidence
0:22:22 > 0:22:24is to get the degree and the only way to get the degree
0:22:24 > 0:22:26is to move on to further education.
0:22:44 > 0:22:50The mural is well underway, but to pass their qualification,
0:22:50 > 0:22:53the boys have to write up what they've learnt.
0:22:53 > 0:22:55Not to sound all school teachery on it,
0:22:55 > 0:22:59but there's a reason why the boxes are that size.
0:22:59 > 0:23:04Do me a favour and try and get as much detail as you can into it.
0:23:04 > 0:23:05OK?
0:23:14 > 0:23:17I have no idea what I'm writing for the second one.
0:23:19 > 0:23:21There is no way you're getting away with that.
0:23:27 > 0:23:31When I was 17, I got diagnosed with attention deficit disorder.
0:23:34 > 0:23:36It means it's hard to concentrate...
0:23:37 > 0:23:39..and it's just hard to focus...
0:23:40 > 0:23:44..like handwritten stuff. I still struggle with it.
0:23:45 > 0:23:48250 words. I haven't done this much writing since I was, like, 12.
0:24:01 > 0:24:02I'm going for a smoke.
0:24:02 > 0:24:05That would definitely drive you to fags.
0:24:25 > 0:24:27Thomas, he's just chillaxing.
0:24:28 > 0:24:31The minute your rod is facing the water, let go of it. Swing it in.
0:24:31 > 0:24:34Let go of what, the line?
0:24:34 > 0:24:36Yeah, the line. Just don't let go of the rod.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41There you go.
0:24:41 > 0:24:42There you go. Sorted.
0:24:44 > 0:24:45You're away.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49Hold on.
0:24:49 > 0:24:51- Go reel it in now.- Nice.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54You should give it slack.
0:24:59 > 0:25:02You see, getting out of the city, away from all the rush,
0:25:02 > 0:25:08and just slowing down a wee bit, it just calms you right down.
0:25:08 > 0:25:11I've just took a break from everybody.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14I was out every day, this was about three years ago, four years ago,
0:25:14 > 0:25:17so much bother with the police, like.
0:25:17 > 0:25:18Unbelievable.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23Now, I haven't been in trouble with the police,
0:25:23 > 0:25:27well, if I'm honest, ever since my son passed away.
0:25:27 > 0:25:29- I haven't... - Sorry to hear that, mate.
0:25:29 > 0:25:30I didn't know.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32- That's the tattoo.- Is it?
0:25:32 > 0:25:34I'm sorry, buddy.
0:25:35 > 0:25:39He was born on 17th September, 2013.
0:25:40 > 0:25:42He was only six days old when it happened.
0:25:44 > 0:25:46I think someone just ripped out my heart,
0:25:46 > 0:25:48and just chopped it into little bits.
0:25:50 > 0:25:52I was just...
0:25:52 > 0:25:54Heartbreak is not even the word for it, to be honest.
0:25:56 > 0:25:57I think as soon as that happened,
0:25:57 > 0:26:00I pretty much turned my life around.
0:26:00 > 0:26:03Fair play to you. Most people would have went the other way, you know.
0:26:03 > 0:26:05You are making him proud. You're doing well.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08The things you're doing in that Fab Lab, it's brilliant.
0:26:08 > 0:26:12Absolutely amazing. That mural is going to look well.
0:26:12 > 0:26:13A lot of pressure.
0:26:13 > 0:26:14It has to look perfect.
0:26:14 > 0:26:16It really does.
0:26:16 > 0:26:19I just want him to think
0:26:19 > 0:26:22that I would've been the best dad in the world.
0:26:24 > 0:26:26Keep going until we're done.
0:26:30 > 0:26:31The glasses will have to come out here.
0:26:31 > 0:26:32I can't read!
0:26:35 > 0:26:37I have opened up a lot more, like.
0:26:37 > 0:26:38I have come out of my shell a bit more.
0:26:38 > 0:26:40Half of my friends don't even know I wear glasses.
0:26:48 > 0:26:50I want to have a job.
0:26:50 > 0:26:53I want to have a life that I'm proud of.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56That's why I'm trying to make it happen.
0:26:59 > 0:27:01Three months ago, if you'd asked me to even go back to tech,
0:27:01 > 0:27:03I would've laughed at you.
0:27:03 > 0:27:07Now I know that I can do this qualification,
0:27:07 > 0:27:08why not pursue it?
0:27:19 > 0:27:22After four months of hard work,
0:27:22 > 0:27:26the boys are about to unveil their mural.
0:27:34 > 0:27:37Three, two, one!
0:27:38 > 0:27:40CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:27:46 > 0:27:48I have some certificates here for the guys.
0:27:48 > 0:27:52If yous want to come up, I can give you your certificates.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54That's it. Give a round of applause.
0:27:58 > 0:28:00And last, but not least, John.
0:28:00 > 0:28:02You want to have felt my heart rate
0:28:02 > 0:28:04when I was standing up there and everything.
0:28:04 > 0:28:06Seriously, I thought I was going to faint.
0:28:06 > 0:28:08I was quite anxious, so I was,
0:28:08 > 0:28:11but at the same time, this will help that in the long run.
0:28:11 > 0:28:13I can't stop looking at these.
0:28:13 > 0:28:16I'm just astonished. I don't know!
0:28:16 > 0:28:18I'm happy that I was actually able to stick through it
0:28:18 > 0:28:20and complete the course as well.
0:28:20 > 0:28:22This type of qualification,
0:28:22 > 0:28:25it's not even just a qualification, it's a gateway
0:28:25 > 0:28:26for to get higher education and
0:28:26 > 0:28:28maybe even a brilliant job
0:28:28 > 0:28:31in something that I actually enjoy. So, brilliant.