Woodward urged to release justice funding

Shaun Woodward will today be urged by the first licensed restorative justice schemes to operate in the North to release state funding to enable them to operate.

Representatives of Northern Ireland Alternatives, who have been given official recognition by the British government to operate four schemes, will urge the Northern Ireland Secretary at the launch of their accreditation at Stormont to financially support programmes which aim communities to resolve low level crime and disputes without going to court.