The funding is being handed out by the Youth Endowment Fund and aims to support more than 7,300 children.
Projects will provide young people with alternatives to being arrested, convicted, and receiving a custodial sentence.
Among those targeted are young people who have already been arrested or those at risk of becoming involved in crime, based on concerns raised by youth workers, teachers, police and social workers.
Victims of crime who have been hospitalised due to a violent assault will also be a focus.
London’s Violence Reduction Unit has received the largest grant, of £6.72m. This funding will be used to train children’s professionals, including social workers and teachers, to provide cognitive behavioural therapy to children at risk of becoming involved in violence.
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