The programme, which works with disadvantaged young people, previously received 60,000 a year from both the Ministry of Defence and the Home Office Active Communities Unit, and 34,000 a year from the Department for Education and Skills. Requests for new funding were turned down last year.
Ian Murray, project development officer at the Army Cadet Force, said: "We need 200,000 a year to run the programme but we only have two years' worth left. Unlike the Cadets, which get mainstream funding from the Ministry of Defence, Outreach is not a mainstream activity."
Murray said the ministry supports the project. "It provides a lot of facilities in kind and pays for training days," he said (YPN, 30 June-6 July, p14).
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