Streets of Growth was established in 2001 on the back of five very intensive years of 24/7 frontline work mainly volunteered by Founder - Darren Way. He took to the streets a concerned local neighbour, disrupting and re-engaging young communities caught up in a cycle of violence, criminality, gangs, trauma, and hopelessness.

However, it was following a remarkably successful International Churchill Fellowship he undertook in 2000 researching 'best practice' in the U.S.A which led to Darren teaming up with our co-founding CEO Diane Peters and embarking on creating a game changing charity in this highly complex and often controversial field of youth and community development.