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Sweet Justice beekeeping beckons for keen parolees from Malmsbury Youth Justice Centre
Kyneton beekeeper Claire Moore is sweetening the job prospects for young men ending their time in the youth justice system.
Key points:
- A Kyneton beekeeper is setting up her own social enterprise to offer young men employment on parole
- Claire Moore runs Sweet Justice, a rehabilitation program in the Malmsbury Youth Justice Centre
- She is hoping to help boost a struggling honey industry
Ms Moore was the apiarist behind Sweet Justice, a program kickstarted inside the Malmsbury Youth Justice Centre, where young men undergo a 10-week course that teaches them the fundamentals of commercial beekeeping, in the hope of finding them employment on parole.
But she has decided to take the next step and is…
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