Youth and community projects worth £150,000 will be funded using cash seized from crime in the North East during the summer holidays.
Six weeks of having to entertain kids and keep them out of trouble is piling pressure on families across the North East and in a bid to help keep anti-social behaviour at bay, Police and Crime Commissioner Kim McGuinness has announced more than £150,000 worth of 'Operation Payback' funded activities for this summer holiday.
Concerned that young people are bearing the brunt of the cost of living crisis and that cash-strapped parents are struggling to buy food let alone pay for holiday fun, the Police Commissioner has announced 59 youth and community summer holiday projects have been given the go-ahead.
