Funding: £50,000 from a number of sources including Positive Activities for Young People, Kensington and Chelsea Youth Service and the Community Safety Team
Aim: To create a diversionary activity for young offenders and young people at risk of offending.
The Gym Project was launched in Kensington and Chelsea in January 2006 to reduce youth crime in the area. Young people aged between 11 and 17 are referred to the project by Kensington and Chelsea Youth Offending Team and are assessed to decide if they should be put forward for group programmes or programmes on their own. The gym is situated in a basement under the youth offending team building and is used primarily by the young people.
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