Plans to replace project Daedalus, which provided intensive resettlement support to specially selected inmates from the 30-bed Heron Unit of Feltham young offender institution (YOI), were announced by Mayor of London Boris Johnson in March this year.
An expanded “pan-London” resettlement scheme was due to launch in September on a payment-by-results basis, using £3.5m taken from a £10m fund dedicated to the Mayor’s Youth Programme.
But CYP Now has learned that the resettlement project is yet to launch, and the amount of funding available for the scheme will now be significantly less than the £3.5m announced by Johnson.
The Greater London Authority (GLA) has revealed that funding for the Mayor’s Youth Programme has now dropped to £8.3m, made up of £4.15m in European Social Fund money, match-funded with £4.15m of GLA cash, not the £10m announced in February when organisations were invited to tender for the work.
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