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£4.9million to help prevent youth crime
Projects aiming to deter young people from offending will receive support totalling £4.9million from the Welsh Government, the Minister for Local Government and Government Business, Lesley Griffiths AM, announced yesterday
The Minister said,
“Preventing and helping young people from not getting involved in crime is a key commitment for the Welsh Government and the support we provide via the Youth Crime Prevention Fund is a crucial part of this.
“The £4.9 million available in 2014/5 will support 55 projects across Wales which aim to improve education, training, health and leisure opportunities along with initiatives tackling key issues such as substance misuse.
“Projects receiving support range from an initiative to recruit a Diversionary Officer to work with young people in Cwm Taf area to several restorative alternative to charging projects.
“The restorative projects include TRIAGE in Cardiff, which offers a programme of diversionary activities across the city with the focus on restorative justice at the time of first arrest for a minor offence, and The Bureau, which provides young people across South Wales with an opportunity to learn from their offending behaviour without receiving a criminal record.
“I have no doubt these initiatives will continue to make a difference in preventing young people from becoming involved in crime. As well as protecting them from the stigmatisation and loss of opportunity which having a criminal record brings, these activities will protect our communities.”
