I trained in Greg's gym in the mid 90's when he first opened it. He invited the whole of Benchill Celtic under 15's footy team up to the gym to train. Great to see that he's still going after all these years.

It is totally criminal that someone is charging over £1000 a month for a room in a hostel. There really is something wrong with that. The chap in the video shouldn't be paying that much and by default the tax payer shouldn't be paying that much. My mortgage is about £1300 a month and I have a 4 bedroom house in the south of England. It isn't clear from the film where this rent money is going. If it is going to a housing association then surely this could easily be legislated against. If it is going to a private landlord then that landlord is on a par with a heroin dealer in my opinion. It is unethical and immoral.

That hostel price is ridiculous.

Well done to the guy with the boxing,,,,

"It Is Our Fault Because We Allow It To Happen"

How are people meant to improve their life if hostels charge this much?There's no way out.Absolutely disgusting.

"Fusk everyone else" he summed up the problem with this country in one unpleasant phrase.

Greg is spot on in what he says.

Its true what a lad said at the begining. Little brats can do what ever fuck they like in these day no respect for nothing

What saddens me is these kids know exactly where they are and why they are the way they are. You get a sense of hopelessness from what they say.

Can you imagine how many heads turn at a family reunion when someone says Jimmy 😂😂😂

I LOVE the cutting, insightful, honest, intelligent intro from Greg. Wow!!!

First guy in this video is absolutely bang on.

3:47, *"I'm Jimmy, my wife is Jimmy, my mother's name is Jimmy, mi grandma & grandpa's names were Jimmy" Shit for brains. LMFAOooo*

Jimmy is an inspiration 🙌🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

the thing is all of those people are fit and healthy enough to take up a job even if it is lifting boxes or stacking shelves theyre still getting minimum wage

The first 1:20 minutes of this video is the most powerful statement about the state of the UK that I have heard in years. And it didn't come from a highly paid journalist or MP, most of whom think that the man speaking should STFU and know his place.

There's numerous aspects making me sad when watching this series. Last time I visited Great Britain was in the 1990's.

How can they justify £265 a week for a room in a hostel, someone is getting very rich of this, probably MP’s or their friends. Another example of the government keeping people down, charging desperate people extortionate rates to stay somewhere shit the system is broken.

Wythenshawe was once the largest council estate in all of Europe but now the vast majority of it is privately owned, the house prices here have risen faster that anywhere outside of Mayfair in London, there are no gangs in wythenshawe just groups of lads(scrotes) that ride around on peddle bikes selling drugs, areas here aren't defined by the groups of scrotes in those areas, people from benchill can go into newall green and people from peel hall can go into woodhouse park, trust me, I've lived here for all 21 years of my life, I've never been arrested, cautioned, or even stopped by the police, never used a drug and haven't drank for 4 years, I got my first job at 11 and worked 6 sometimes 7 days a week over the past 4 years, I've done everything I can to make it out of this place, even moved but came back because I realised there's no place like home. You can all say what you like but you actually have to live in these places to know that the majority of what you see on the tv(news) isn't true.

When I had to stay up in Manchester for 4 months for work, I rented a room for £430 a month.. That £250 p/w hostel is extortion.

The singer from the 1975? lol

Once people take responsibility for their own actions, their lives change for the better.

Jimmy Jimmy Jimmy Jimmy, Love that.

my thanks to You!

My cousin is a copper. We are all from middle income rural towns. He was posted to a large white working class part of a city. He told me how he was really taken aback by the huge numbers of decent, honest, and hard working people in these areas. All united by a tough life, but doing their best. Unfortunately, a small number of vermin like seen here make everyone's lives a misery.

A nation is judged by how it treats its poorest members. And the UK is sorely lacking in structure and empathy. Plenty of charity shops. No charity.

The tricycle...I MEAN...The Bicycle Gang! 🤣😂😆💥💥

Wow..those strong guys would be hired within 2 seconds in sweden. We've got everything from café work to cleaning jobs to gardening work..Good pay too!

I come from a broken home, working class & hard as nails in the north, I was physically & emotionally abused from an early age, my father was taken away to a mental institution when I was 12. Drug abuse & alcohol dependency ran rife in my family. I have lived alone since I was 15. I got kicked out of school at age 15 by an uncaring & unsympathetic system. With no exams & zero formal education. I was written off & cast aside. My brother was committed to a mental hospital when I was 16. I have saved both my father, brother & sisters from repeated suicide attempts. I can write the book on misfortune & the odds being stacked against someone. I have a multitude of excuses & "victim scenarios" at my disposal. I could literally write THE book, on surviving dysfunction, abuse & the callous nature of the system. I could have easily have gone down the route of crime or the road of being a victim, however, I chose a different path. I have made a success of my life, I have travelled the world, I earn over six figures, I have my own company & I have self-educated myself on the true nature of this world. I decided when I was young that I was not going to be another statistic or victim. I took the attitude that if one is going to beat the odds then one has to look at the rich & replicate what they do to tap into resources & wealth. I was determined that the system would not defeat me & I have fostered an iron will of defiance that I use to propel & motivate myself to further success. Do not let "identity politics" define you, remember first & foremost you are an individual, a sentient being with autonomy over your own destiny. We are not defined by our "class" or where we were born. We do not have to live a predetermined existence of slavery & servitude. As human beings, we all have the capacity & power to be whatever we want to be. Blaming the system & others for your misfortune, will not change your situation, only action & the will to overcome such odds will. We live in an age of amazing access to knowledge. Use that knowledge to change your life for the better. The biggest fear of our enemies is that we will become truly enlightened. We are not born to be slaves, to pay bills & to die.

250£ a week for a hostel room?? My apartment costs 500£ a month! Find something cheaper christ

Jheeez I met a lass on holiday when I was 14 and came Down to withenshaw to see her in 2001/2002 , I'm from Scotland and I had a quality but I seen some rough shit scallys attacking each other wi hammers an shit but I met a lot of good hard working people ! One love stand strong 💪

10:13 listen to the pain in his voice

Got to respect the land pirate good on ya bro

Big up jimie. Working class heros

I feel one of the biggest problems is people can't or won't help themselves,sometimes because they don't have the right mindset or self belief to actually find something they like and work at it. Sometimes things like mental health issues play a huge part in hindering success for individuals. It can be something as simple as low self esteem which can escalate into anxiety and depression etc. The ones who went to school and through the education system should at least leave school with self esteem, self believe and some direcrion,so they can then live an honest life. All them hours we spent at school and half of it is garbage and not practical for everyone. How much better off would people be if they spent all them hours learning a trade or skill? The low confidence kids just get ignored and sometimes don't even learn because they are shy and won't ask for help,at least with practical,physical things such as cutting wood or making something.

sound mixing needs work voice over and music are blurring the quality, good doc

This is what happens whedn a country votes Tory in a 'First Past The Post' system. What kind of place costs £250 a WEEK in Manchester? (opens RightMove.co.uk)

I had a horrible violent childhood with poor parents, but there is only one person who can change the outcome of your life, and that is you!! I have education, work, and stay out of trouble........stop blaming the system and don't be Lazy.....work on yourself , do therapy, do better, live better........

Whenever a person lends their heart to give aid to another, Such philanthropist eventually become the victim.. People prey upon the kindness of others..

Used to live in Baguley glad to get out!

I do not live in the UK but this honestly leaves me with an uneasy feeling. This level of social disharmony breaks down countries. The divides that 'seem' to be happening in the UK are real frightening. It's the stuff of civil war really. To leave on a more humorous note, "I'm jimmy, my dad's jimmy, my grand dad's jimmy and my son's son will be called jimmy..." What the....?! That aside, at least this guy (Jimmy) used his money wisely and bought himself & wife a house.

Jimmy

Im a homeless guy. I've been in a tent for five years. I've been down every single road i can for help. I've even been on radio Sussex. I never did drugs or alcohol prior to this. Now last night, i have an abscess that's traveled from Mt gum to me ear to my brain and because i said i was homeless when i called 111 (nhs non emergency number) i was prioritised as low priority. Im still a fucking human being with a abscess in my BRAIN. Everyone thinks it's cool that winter is coming on game of thrones. I don't.

So true

Jimmy is a cool guy

Makes £55 spends it on a hair cut and phone top-up. Priorities.

Jimmy jimmy jimmy 😂

1000£ a month for hostel??? My 160m2 house mortgage was 350€, now payed off. Welcome from Åland/ Finland!

Working lads army 👊

Can't live off £10 a day shii I've been having to make £5 - £10 last a week never mind a day

I forgot Britain hasn't discovered the thing called a garage yet

Lovely people

" don't do that while I'm grafting here....". His arse is grafted to the pavement and that's about it

I’m from wythenshawe fam they filmed right next to my house

Why is a room in a hostel £250 per week, wtf??

Lamp pirate hahaha

I've lived on the streets and I've been locked up, bail hostels, night shelters, dry houses, ymca, cheap bed sits, just about avoided the nut house. Unfortunately my mother died of cancer in 97, when I was 16, so I was left to my own devices on the streets. The way the government and benefits system, police and legal system, treat the poor and homeless in this country makes me sick. When I was younger I was proud to be British and quite patriotic, not so much any more. The capitalist system does not work for everyone, the rich get richer, the poor are just stuck in a rat race. Feck the police, feck the system! I'd rather be homeless and free, than locked up with leaches and lunatics.

how are you working class if you dont work though

BOII JACK LOOKS LIJE MATTY HEALY

the tattoo guy looks like matty healy

Looks like where I live, welcome to somewhere in South Australia.

I like in Wythenshawe Brooklands 💯💯💯🤘🏻

On a lighter note.. Jack is soooo cute

the voice over is way too quiet

Same here as in rural America when manufacturing left things changed for those people. It’s getting better though the unemployment rate is the lowest it’s been it’s just back in the day if u were working class U were guaranteed a job and decent lifestyle. It’s coming back but slowly at least in the uk u have a decent minimum wage and universal education, healthcare good gov subsidies and cheap public transport.

5:25 pre the ringtone. 😬

My country men will one day turn

just realized its romesh rangangnathan

Baby is SO DARN CUTE!

How come all this "forgotten children" always wear £70+ coats?

is your name jimmy?

Sounds like a bunch of people who wants things given to them? When all you see and think is obstacles... you’re going to run into obstacles.

Need more apprenteships hands on working programs

keep doing what your doing, the work class keep getting fucked over, keep taking it back. Own it , I grow up in Belfast, I've got PTSD , I been told to get a home it be 6years on waiting list, I'm an alcoholic due my time in Army, I use to live in my car, dis used old peoples home, and I'm broke and have 2 jobs. If you need strength people to protest and stand with you, Let Me know

How these ppl end up like this?

Got fuk all to do mate. I’m bored so off course I’m gonna drive a car through a shop window. 😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣

manchester was the best place ive ever been by far . its not stuck up like london, very down to earth people,amazing nightlife and just so easy to find a shag after a pint hahahaahahah

When mother slugs down a litter of gin. You go outside and throw rocks, it's a law

we live in a sick world.

off topic but jack looks like matty from the 1975, hes cute

Finally something talking about the real challenges and problems of societies, Greed. It is at the core of societies downfall, not race, but GREED.

At least they're not driving vans into crowds...

£255 a week, that's a bit steep

£250.00 a week for a hostel?! That's too much. Christ.

Hes a gorgeous little baby. Gorgeous

That dude at the beginning really wants to or has killed a cpl children

Them teeth are so hard to look at, i thought mines were bad but mines are doing pretty well in comparison

I think English goverment should put these kids for 3 years soldiers and the country will gain something

For "forgotten men" they get a lot of media attention.

in the usa in some areas we have the SSS shoot shovel and shut up ha

the host prices are absurd

Ah the Mancunian accent... it reminds me of my former girlfriend.

No ones going to help them, they need to help themselves.....................

Can anyone give me a starting point for applying to run or set up hostel or youth group . I grew up around same shit nothing changed and I have three kids, after school groups shut down, youth centres closed an over priced local health centre. Cost me less than £1 to go swimming in sat and had change for locker and hot chocolate. I've worked with young people and adults in care setting and level of help receive is practically non existent if fed watered that ticks enough boxes. Where are the youth centres groups with activitys for kids to form healthy community relationships take pride in themselves and area. Advice offices with panflets guidance help for those who don't come from good homes or have had trouble. Only thing I've found so far is application to put business plan forward an has to be profitable?? We have money to spend on ridiculous council buildings rent back to themselves and art structures council tax going up.. surely it costs police more time and money.. than it would to make building available for someone to run as a centre...

People are getting into work faster and staying in work longer yeah right

Band together, organise...uhuru

In America you have to wait 5-7 years before they even consider giving you an apt in major cities. It’s crazy in UK they seem to have council flats for everyone

You know the only thingy little kids are afraid of are bigger kids

Let's be honest.....have we all lost our memories..i am now 56 and back in 1980 it was no better if not it was worse.....we had figjtsbevery night went robbing all the time..drank and smoked......it was rough as.......lads had knives and if you got caught in the wrong area which co u ld be a couple of streets away then you got battered....it wasn't called post code wars but it was the same thing......night clubs were a dangerous place to be........