The funding, part of £6m distributed across regions in the UK by the Youth Endowment Fund (YEF) and the Home Office, will be used to develop and trial a programme of “focused deterrence” for young people at risk of involvement of violent crime.
The strategy, which was developed in America, involves three stages of support, community engagement and deterrence.
It has previously been trialled with people as young as 14 and 15 in the USA, Greater Manchester VRU has said.
“Research from the YEF shows that focused deterrence strategies in other countries have been highly effective – on average reducing crime by 33 per cent,” it added.
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