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Sadiq Khan ploughs £16.4m into London youth projects

1 min read Youth Work
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has invested an extra £16.4m into youth services across London aimed at preventing violent crime.
Sadiq Khan announces the funding at the Harrow Club. Picture: Sadiq Khan
Sadiq Khan announces the funding at the Harrow Club. Picture: Sadiq Khan

The money will be used to boost the mayor’s £45m Young Londoners Fund, which was launched in 2018.

The latest investment will go towards 74 community projects in high-crime areas of the capital and is set to help almost 40,000 more young people over the next three years, City Hall said.

One project set to benefit from the boost is the Harrow Club W10 in Kensington and Chelsea.

Youth workers and trained community volunteers work with more than 400 young people aged 10 to 21, many of whom are at a high risk of being involved in criminality. 

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