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Burngreave’s Study Support projects have been told that the Council will no longer fund them after March 2013, which could mean closure for the projects.
The Council said the change is due to government cuts. Money for extra support for children is now going directly to schools. The study support projects are campaigning in the hope money can be found to continue.
Burngreave study support provides two sessions a week for up to 400 young people a year though four Community Study Support Groups: Burngreave After School Study Support Group; ITCSSS; Somali Education Breakthrough and Reach High 2.
These groups also provide a lot of other youth work that takes place in Burngreave and which will be undermined if study support is unable to continue. Young people from BME backgrounds continue to do less well in education than their peers and less well than BME young people in other parts of the country. They are excluded from school more often and find it more difficult to obtain employment.
The Messenger went to find out what effect Study Support’s closure would have on the community and the young people.