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Crime reduction plan ‘falls short’ for young people, NYA says

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The government’s new crime reduction strategy “falls short” of supporting young people away from criminal activity, the National Youth Agency (NYA) has said.
The NYA is calling for the recruitment of 10,000 qualified youth workers. Picture: Alex Deverill
The NYA is calling for the recruitment of 10,000 qualified youth workers. Picture: Alex Deverill

Home Secretary Priti Patel’s Beating Crime Plan offers £17m for Violence Reduction Units, including funding for specialist youth workers and programmes which embed youth workers in A&E.

It also proposes “investing in the future of young people and intervening early to divert them away from a life of crime” through the £200m Youth Endowment Fund and investment in schools and alternative provision to support young people at risk of becoming involved in crime.

However, the NYA has said more needs to be done to support young people in the community, including funding to train and recruit 10,000 new qualified youth workers, 40,000 trained adult volunteers and 20,000 young people up-skilled as entry-level youth workers.

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