I'm pleased to report that a youth project in Lambeth, X-it, was highly commended in a Home Affairs Committee Report out today on young black people and over-representation in the criminal justice system.
MPs on the committee contacted young people from Lambeth’s X-it programme who gave evidence for the report.
One young person gave her views on the programme this morning, outlining her experience of young people and crime in the area. The reporter mentioned she was part of a successful Lambeth programme that has prevented re-offending in over 70 percent of cases.
BBC News Twenty Four and the Today programme did interviews this morning at the Marcus Lipton Youth Centre, with young people on the project, myself and project organiser Julia Wolton.
Two other Today programme pieces on the Home Affairs Committee report included a broadcast from the Boyhood to Manhood centre in Peckham and an interview with Kids Company founder Camilla Batmangheldjh.
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