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This publication presents the evaluation of and evidence base for a very successful model of community-based mentoring, piloted and delivered by the YMCA in Scotland from 2009-2011 in partnership with local authorities. The national strategic partners included the Association of Directors of Social Work, the Scottish Violence Reduction Unit and the Scottish Government.
In this publication the partners seek to convey both the positive outcomes and the cost savings available through this approach and to encourage local authorities to consider the inclusion of community-based mentoring as a core element of their prevention and early intervention strategies.
The two year programme was evaluated in May 2011 by the University of Dundee, part of the Scottish Institute for Policing Research, and also by Haldane Associates through the completion of a Social Return on Investment Report (SROI).
