The Scout Association's government-funded youth work programme has resulted in 1,553 young people and 315 adult volunteers joining the movement from some of the UK's most deprived areas, such as Newham in London, Salford and Burnley. The association's 2014 Census shows membership has grown by 100,000 over the past decade, but that more adult volunteers are needed to ensure 40,000 young people on waiting lists can join. It is launching a plan to recruit a further 58,000 young people, as well as 18,000 more adult volunteers, by 2018.
Juveniles convicted of a second offence involving a knife would receive a four-month mandatory detention order under plans drawn up Justice Secretary Chris Grayling. The BBC reports that adults would face a mandatory six-month jail term for the same offence.
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