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<p>Since 2013 the Home Office has provided funding to a number of innovative local
projects across the country. These projects are aimed at different groups with different
risk factors making them vulnerable to being drawn into SOC. During that time, our
interventions have reached hundreds of young people. We have funded four local intervention
projects this year:</p><p>Ceredigion Youth Justice will target young people in the
area who are at medium- or high-risk of being exploited by SOC-related individuals.</p><p>Leap
Confronting Conflict will support young people identified as being at risk of involvement
in serious and organised crime within the Borough of Southwark, specifically those
at risk of grooming for involvement in running county lines.</p><p>Exeter Council
for Voluntary Services, will proactively engage young people in the area who are at
risk of exploitation or SOC offending.</p><p>Northumbria Police are working with individuals
at risk of being drawn into SOC.</p><p>We are also investing in pilot local community
coordinators, to build community resilience and deliver targeted interventions in
five locations in the UK; Bradford, Brighton, Newport, Sedgemoor and Speke/Halton.
These interventions are designed and delivered locally and several projects are in
development.</p><p>In addition, existing programmes are also helping to deliver SOC
Prevent interventions. This includes the Troubled Families Programme, the Trusted
Relationships fund and the Early Intervention Youth Fund, which collectively reach
thousands of young people in the UK.</p>
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