Cash seized from criminals in West Yorkshire is being used to train the plumbers and electricians of the future.
Teenagers aged 13 to 16 are being helped to create careers in manual jobs by the Building Futures Together project in Pudsey.
The scheme is the latest to be funded by the Mayor of West Yorkshire’s Safer Communities Fund which uses money recovered via the Proceeds of Crime Act.
Trainee plumber Harrison Ridsdale, 16, who was at risk of falling out of mainstream education, said: “I’ve landed on my feet really.”
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