Sentence examples for diversionary activities from inspiring English sources

In the initial stages of development, the fraction of agents engaged in nonproductive diversionary activities (e.g. rent-seeking) grows as the opportunities to gain from diversionary activities expand.

The program provides diversionary activities to about 1,000 children in a region which has recurring issues among its youth population, including volatile substance abuse.

Diversionary activities generally take the form of physical activity sessions, predominantly football and dance coaching, but can also include issue based youth work and workshops.

Working with other young, potentially vulnerable people in the area, Sheikh explains the approach: "We can't do it in a direct way, so we try and provide diversionary activities," he says.

We've grown in size, taken on more staff, and we're working with more young people from the most deprived areas," he says As well as providing diversionary activities such as football and dance to thousands of poor Glaswegian teenagers, A&M Scotland runs employability and personal development sessions and organises volunteering.

An individual intervention package is developed for each person accepted on to the Channel part of the programme which can include mainstream health, education, employment or housing services through to specialist mentoring or appropriate faith guidance and wider diversionary activities such as sports.

Specified activity to address offending eg engagement in mentoring or offender behaviour programme, education or diversionary activity.

It offers access to diversionary activity, personal development, and employment preparedness in exchange for adherence to a "no violence, no weapon" pledge.

Day-to-day attendance at the program is also considered an important diversionary activity as participants are engaged in meaningful activity and surrounded by supportive peers and staff.

The MMHU development was an ambitious attempt to overcome previously identified problems with acute hospital care by acknowledging and attempting to address a lack of knowledge and skills, a bland and disorientating environment, a lack of therapeutic and diversionary activity and better communication and engagement with family carers.

Keep them out of trouble, in other words, by involving them in what Clarkson calls "diversionary sporting activities".