Sports clubs get funding to help reduce violence

South Yorkshire Mayor Oliver Coppard has allocated funding to local sports clubs and charities

Sports clubs, charities and community groups across South Yorkshire have been given funding to help prevent youth crime.

The region's elected mayor, Oliver Coppard, has distributed £340,000 from the Violence Reduction Unit in his new role as Police and Crime Commissioner.

The unit was established in 2019 and projects awarded grants must work with under-25s to reduce their involvement in crime.

Boxing, cricket and football clubs have been rewarded for their work to keep young people off the streets.

Barnsley Sexual Abuse and Rape Crisis Services and Doncaster MIND are among the 19 organisations that have been given a share of the money to help run workshops and activities.

Mr Coppard said: “Serious violence destroys lives and rips apart communities. Everyone has the right to feel safe and secure, wherever they are in South Yorkshire.

“I’m particularly committed to making sure we are giving the next generation of young people the chance to grow up in a place where they don’t feel the fear of violence."

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The organisations to benefit from the latest funding are:

Barnsley FC Community Trust

The Youth Association, Barnsley

Barnsley Sexual Abuse and Rape Crisis Service

Doncaster MIND Doncaster

Doncaster Rape and Sexual Abuse Counselling Service

Worth Unlimited, Doncaster

Club Doncaster Community Sports and Education Foundation

Jade Youth and Community, Rotherham

Dinnington Community Boxing Group

Our Community Matters, Rotherham

Cricket Arena, Sheffield

Sheffield Music School

Olympia Wellbeing Academy, Sheffield

Sheffield Wednesday Community Programme

ReconnectEd, Sheffield

Mums United, Sheffield

Grow, Sheffield

Young Women’s Housing Project, Sheffield

The Family Works, South Yorkshire-wide

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