Residential education provider Brathay has landed two and a half million pounds in government funding to expand its youth crime-diversion work.
The Cumbria-based charity secured the money from the Department for Children, Schools and Families' Youth Sector Development Fund. The funding will enable Brathay to work with young people in danger of becoming involved in antisocial behaviour or crime.
The community-based programmes will be delivered over two and a half years to teenagers in six areas. Godfrey Owen, chief executive of Brathay, said: "This funding will help us grow from a charity mainly delivering residential programmes to having a truly national impact."
