UK Chief Scout Dwayne Fields is the Today programme's Boxing Day guest editor.
Dwayne grew up on an inner city estate in London and turned away - in his words - from a life of “weed, cocaine and guns”.
He speaks to Nick about his life and about the focus of his programme - volunteering.
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