Funding: £500,000 over five years from a range of partners including Sport England and Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
Aim: To cut antisocial behaviour
A project set up by Solihull Council has helped cut youth crime by giving young people something to do.
The Fusion Project was set up in 2006 to provide more than 35 hours of free sport each week to those aged 10 to 24 from the north of the borough.
It has now expanded across the borough. Since 2007 more than 12,000 young people have taken part in sessions, including basketball, football, cricket, dance and boxing.
The project focuses on areas that are seen as crime hot spots, where young people are at risk of antisocial behaviour.
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