The bank HBOS has given the youth charity £410,000 to train volunteer mentors to teach young offenders how to be more financially literate. The training will help mentors provide financial advice and guidance to young people. The aim is to increase young people's financial awareness and confidence in dealing with money and to help them maintain their tenancies if they are in supported accommodation. The teaching should also help them in the resettlement process by ensuring financial difficulties do not draw them back into crime. The pilot will start in...