PROJECT
The Skill Mill
PURPOSE
To provide employment for former young offenders, reduce reoffending rates and increase young people’s life chances
FUNDING
Of 11 projects in England, three receive National Heritage Lottery Fund and local authority funding, while eight are funded through Social Impact Bonds backed by £3.8m over four years from the Department for Culture Media and Sport’s Life Chances Fund, local authorities and social investors. The Skill Mill receives payments via these contracts if it successfully meets milestones such as reducing reoffending and securing jobs or training for young people. Organisations pay for services provided by The Skill Mill’s young workforce.
BACKGROUND
Almost a third – 31 per cent – of young offenders in England and Wales reoffend, according to the Youth Justice Board. A criminal record makes it harder for young people to get work and more likely they will turn back to crime.
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