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15 April 2008

Helping Mansfield's young offenders to help themselves

A new initiative encouraging young former offenders to become positively involved in their communities has been launched at the Mansfield Volunteer Centre

The Artemis project will allow around 300 ex-offenders to get involved with conservation and gardening, graffiti art and photography, mentoring and befriending and community cooking events.

The Wood Street centre has been awarded £210,664 of funding by youth volunteering charity v to work with young offenders who are awaiting release at HMP Ranby.

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