Birmingham is one of 29 areas that has received confirmation of Home Office grant allocations to tackle gang and youth violence.
In total £10m is being shared between local authorities in 2012/13, following commitments made in the cross-government post riots report, Ending Gang and Youth Violence.
Based on population size, Birmingham has received the largest slice of the money with £1.2m.
Birmingham Council said the grant will be used on a number of initiatives, including provision of peer-support and theatre workshops for young women involved, or at the cusp of being involved, in gang activity.
It will also strengthen its existing multi-agency gang unit, to deal more effectively with key individuals, “enabling probation, the youth offending service and specialist social workers to work alongside police officers to jointly tackle the most difficult cases in Birmingham”.
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