Mission: To support young people at risk of social exclusion or criminal behaviour
Funding: 650,000 a year from the Youth Justice Board
Disengaged young people from immigrant communities were blamed for the rioting that hit Parisian suburbs last autumn. French equal opportunities minister Azouz Begag has led calls for greater equality for immigrants in France, and during a recent visit to London was interested to see the work going on in the London Borough of Lambeth.
Rainer runs four youth inclusion programmes (YIPs) in the area - two junior YIPs for eight- to 12-year-olds, and two senior projects for 13- to 19-year-olds. The projects started off in the Clapham Park Estate, and now do about half their work in the Coldharbour ward.
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