The yearlong Whitbread Inquiry, a partnership of key agencies in the Northwest, sought to identify successful techniques for engaging excluded young people, and to produce a series of principles that can be used by projects.
The chair of the inquiry, former chief inspector of prisons Lord Ramsbotham, said: "Sport and the arts are highly important because they can engage young people more than any other intervention."
The inquiry studied the role of sport and the arts in tackling social exclusion in Manchester, as this was felt to be a good example of a city with a wide range of services. "Positive things happen when you identify what people have and what they lack," said Ramsbotham.
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