Mission: Helping young offenders recover from substance misuse
Funding: 105,000 a year from the Youth Justice Board
Westminster Resettlement and Aftercare Provision (RAP) works with young offenders who have substance misuse problems to help them achieve more in life.
The voluntary scheme relies on the trust and relationships that the project staff build with the young people. It provides activities to help engage young people in something other than drugs. These include cooking activities, film nights and special visits.
Mary Wyman, head of programme and innovation at the Youth Justice Board, which funds the scheme, says: "The success that we're having is that young people are engaging in activities they've never engaged in before."
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