The government has given its backing to an innovative pilot scheme launched this week that will draft in a team of older volunteers to help tackle youth crime.
The volunteers, recruited through the Community Service Volunteers-run initiative called Grandmentors, will act as "grandparent-style" mentors to young offenders and those at risk of offending in north London.
Originally planned more than a year ago, the scheme finds itself as a prime example of the coalition government's Big Society ideal, whereby charities and volunteers step in to support communities.
High-profile backing
The project also benefits from having a high-profile backer within government as it is part-funded by the Jecda Foundation, the family charity of work and pensions minister Lord David Freud.
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