Wider Impact Consultancy Director Edwin Lewis and Dave Wellings of the Business Broker project were the friendly-faced ‘Dragons’ who handed over prizes and awards to the winning business ideas put before them by budding entrepreneurs.

Titled ‘Diamonds in the Dust’, the evaluation highlights impressive outcomes achieved by dedicated Youth Works staff working along side young people living on the deprived Higher Folds Estate, Wigan that include youth crime reduced by 50%, anti-social behaviour cut by nearly 44%, arson reduced by 46% and criminal damage reduced by 29%.