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Charities seek top youth crime reduction schemes

A consortium of charities led by Catch22 will be scouring the UK to find the 30 best schemes that help to prevent youth crime, as part of a 25m project.

The group, which also includes Rathbone and the Young Foundation, has been chosen as the preferred bidder to lead the Big Lottery Fund’s (Big) UK-wide youth crime prevention programme.

The group has been awarded nearly £70,000 to develop its application for the programme. With this it will work with the Big Lottery Fund to identify 30 of the best projects across the country with a view to replicating them across the whole of the UK. Grants of up to £3m will be available for individual projects over three to five years.

Fran Pollard, Catch22 director of business development, said: "Our partnership has a unique combination of skills and experience, and together we bring significant expertise.

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