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October 29, 2007

The Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust (JRHT) has been keen to explore ways of both reducing young people's involvement in anti-social behaviour and stimulating growth in tolerance towards young people and their preferred activities. In 2004, JRHT therefore devised a project to reward young people for positive behaviour and making a practical contribution to their community in York. The basic framework of the scheme is that young people collect 'points' through activities such as dog-walking, litter-collecting, and helping out at community events, then use the points to claim rewards such as meals out, and trips to the cinema and visitor attractions. Support was also given to Royds Community Association (a community-led social enterprise) to develop a rewards scheme on three housing estates in Bradford, operating on similar principles.

Posted by Gary Holden at October 29, 2007 12:10 AM