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Big Lottery Fund ‘to finance youth crime reduction schemes’ – August 11th 2011

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One of the UK’s lotto-funded organisations the Big Lottery Fund has chosen to finance youth schemes that aim to tackle misdeeds among this younger age demographic.

According to Children and People Now, a consortium of charities led by Catch 22 will be hunting for the 30 best initiatives in the country to be part of the £25 million drive.

Grants of up to £3 million in lottery money will be allocated to individual schemes over a period of three to five years.

Chairman of the Big Lottery Fund Peter Ainswoth said: “The programme will make a significant contribution to learning and evidence about how to deliver timely and high quality services to children and young people.”

He noted that value for money was one of the things the Big Lottery Fund is considering when it chooses which charities to support.

Last week, it was announced that the UK’s Heritage Lottery Fund will give £18.3 million in cash towards preserving the wildlife habitats at Morecambe Bay in Lancashire.

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