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IMPRESSED: Duncan Elliott of The Xcel Project explains the ethos behind the Youth Project and demonstrates the state-of-the-art sensory room at their Henry Street Headquarters to Council Leader, Gail Macgregor

 
 
IMPRESSED: Duncan Elliott of The Xcel Project explains the ethos behind the Youth Project and demonstrates the state-of-the-art sensory room at their Henry Street Headquarters to Council Leader, Gail Macgregor
 

 
 
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