Bradford’s Together Women project – which helps women at risk of offending overcome problems such as drink and drugs to keep them out of jail – will be given a share of £3.5 million, Justice Minister Crispin Blunt has announced.
The one-year package, funded by National Offender Management Service, will be shared across 30 centres, but no individual allocations are yet known.
Mr Blunt said: “We are committed to tackling offending among women and these centres continue to play an important role in helping keep our communities safer. I have seen first-hand centres in action and the challenging and impressive work they do in turning lives around.”
The service costs more than £300,000 a year to run and has helped more than 500 people in the past two years.
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