Mr. John Greer:

The committee should understand how far down the spectrum some of these young people are and how much of a challenge it is for the organisations applying for the funding to engage with them. We have rigorous modern evaluation criteria that assess the plans of applicants to reach out to these young people and to ensure their participation. Mr. Henry touched on the matter. The key is getting these children to make the first step in becoming good citizens, respecting difference and being culturally aware.

As part of the call we are appointing a co-ordination body. This body is important because this will be an eligible region-wide intervention. The co-ordination body is really about helping to monitor the activity under way to ensure best practice as well as to disseminate the associated learning between phase one and phase two.