MONEY taken from criminals is being used for the good of Scouts based on Anglesey.

The Ynys Môn Scouts’ Talwrn District Campsite has also been able to improve facilities at its basis thanks to support for the Your Community, Your Choice fund.

This fund supports grass-roots projects and is backed by the North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner, North Wales Police and Community Trust and North Wales Police.

Funding for Your Community, Your Choice comes partly from money seized by the courts through the Proceeds of Crime Act, with the rest from the Police and Crime Commissioner.

The Anglesey District Scouts (Ynys Môn Scouts) are comprised of seven groups that serve the young people of the entire island from the ages of four to 18.

It currently has a growing membership of more than 320, plus about 80 volunteers.

Funding from Your Community, Your Choice has helped improve toilet facilities at the camp and paid for additional hammocks, as well as tools and equipment for bushcraft and to help in the maintenance of the camp.

In the 11 years since Your Community, Your Choice started, almost £600,000 has been awarded to nearly 200 projects working to reduce crime in their neighbourhoods and to support the priorities in the Police and Crime Commissioner’s Police and Crime Plan.

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Annie Simmonite, Group Lead Volunteer at 1st Llanfairpwll Scouts of Ynys Môn Scouts commented: “Scouts Môn are delighted to have welcomed the visitors to our camp and to have received Your Community, Your Choice funding once again.

“The funding is vital to us in our work to maintain and improve the facilities and environment at the Caeau Ty’n Talwrn campsite.

“In doing so, we also teach young people both about the environment and how to look after it.

“We have used the money to buy some bushcraft equipment to enable trained volunteers to teach bushcraft skills to young people.

“It has also enabled us to improve sanitary facilities and buy some much-needed replacement tools to help us maintain the hedgerows, orchards and camping areas.

“Most importantly, it allows even more children and young people to develop a respect for the environment and engage in adventurous activities outdoors.”