The RBS Community Cash Awards will be distributed by The Prince's Trust to young people who want to run community projects to tackle crime in some of the UK's most deprived areas. Each award ranges from £250 to £5,000 and is available to disadvantaged 14- to 25-year-olds who want to transform their local area and learn practical skills.
Martina Milburn, chief executive of The Prince's Trust, said young people are "incredibly passionate" about making a positive difference to their community and that the awards will help to transform ideas into reality in some of the UK's poorest areas.
A recent Ipsos MORI poll of 1,000 people aged 15-plus showed respondents wanted to see young people setting up community activities to help spread awareness about the risks of drugs and alcohol and the dangers of using knives and guns in an effort to improve community cohesion.
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