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A two-year research project on the life stories of young serious offenders. It is pioneering work that revolves around a conviction that enabling young people to tell and retell their life stories is not only empowering for them, but a valuable first step in enabling them to change their lives. The project also wishes to have an impact more widely, challenging the assumptions and preconceptions about young people who commit serious, and often high profile, crimes.

Hayle Youth Project will provide alternative educational provision over a two year period for 60 young people who are persistent truants, school refusers or excluded young people.

Shpresa will extend their supplementary school, develop training programmes for mainstream teachers and parents and share their exemplary practice with others, including the Somali community.

A project working with young parents with addiction problems to reduce the number of children removed into local authority care

Building the capacity and potential reach of a volunteering and community-based social housing renovation programme, which provides disadvantaged individuals with skills, supports them towards employment, and benefits local communities.

Award to support the development and production of a film which depicts the experiences of three young asylum seekers. The film supported young people to develop acting skills and work with established professional actors in a drama filmed in London and Wales.

Breaking the Cycle of Re-offending by Short Sentence Adult Prisoners

Research into alternatives to custody and the re-integration and/​or resettlement of those who have alienated themselves from society through criminal or anti-social behaviour.

To help finance the research and establishment of a fund raising system predicated on the rounding up of electronic card payments.

Flood relief for Pakistan

DEC Haiti Earthquake Appeal

Relief and rehabilitation work in Burma