News details
To return to the main news listing page, follow the link at the bottom of the news article.
02 July 2009
Mentoring project scoops cash award from Iain Duncan Smith's think-tank
The Centre for Social Justice awards grassroots youth gang charity
A grassroots charity battling to reverse the youth gang culture are among the seven winners of awards totalling £70,000 presented by the Centre for Social Justice, the think-tank set up by former Conservative Party leader Iain Duncan Smith.
The SOS Gangs Project at the St Giles Trust based in south London was honoured for their pioneering work in helping young people turn away from criminal embrace of the street gang. The CSJ awards ceremony on Wednesday July 1st, raised awareness of the work of some of Britain’s many exceptional charities, faith-based organisations and good causes who wage a war on social breakdown and poverty.
This year’s award attracted nearly 400 nominations from across the country, with 13 projects shortlisted by a panel of independent judges. Mr Duncan Smith said,
"I would like to congratulate all the organisations who were nominated for this year’s awards. The CSJ Awards are a way to recognise and highlight the outstanding work of the country’s voluntary and faith-based organisations that have been pioneering solutions to the problems associated with our broken society."
Read the full article here
Dying to Belong, the recent CJS report on street gangs in which mentoring was recommended
The SOS Gangs Project at the St Giles Trust based in south London was honoured for their pioneering work in helping young people turn away from criminal embrace of the street gang. The CSJ awards ceremony on Wednesday July 1st, raised awareness of the work of some of Britain’s many exceptional charities, faith-based organisations and good causes who wage a war on social breakdown and poverty.
This year’s award attracted nearly 400 nominations from across the country, with 13 projects shortlisted by a panel of independent judges. Mr Duncan Smith said,
"I would like to congratulate all the organisations who were nominated for this year’s awards. The CSJ Awards are a way to recognise and highlight the outstanding work of the country’s voluntary and faith-based organisations that have been pioneering solutions to the problems associated with our broken society."
Read the full article here
Dying to Belong, the recent CJS report on street gangs in which mentoring was recommended
[Return to Latest news ]
