PHOENIX DETACHED YOUTH PROJECTS
Name of project: Phoenix detached youth project
Goal: To work with young people to develop their ideas and support their life choices and education
Funding: Nearly £100,000 a year from funders including the Tudor Trust, Northern Rock Foundation and The Henry Smith Charity
"One of the greatest things you can do is get a young person into work," says Mike Burgess, manager of the Phoenix detached youth project.
The project, which has been going for four years, operates in five housing estates in North Tyneside. The area is dogged by long-term unemployment, but Phoenix is helping young people break that cycle.
"Some of our areas are among the top one or two per cent of the most deprived parts of England," Burgess says. "The cornerstone of our work is detached youth work leading to other things."
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