Group that helps students excluded from school becomes a charity during lockdown

ReturnMK provides funded and subsidised alternative activities for pupils who have been excluded from mainstream schools and activities.

To enable them to have a sense of social inclusion, they deliver multimedia training using their own radio stations, TV station and music studio.

Based at The Point in CMK, the group also has a gym, training suites, function rooms, a museum and a library.

Although the service originates from a music and multimedia prospective, it has since become socially interactive as it now includes outreach, mediation, conflict resolution, training, sign posting, work placements and contracting.

A spokesman said: "The added support services that ReturnMK provide are created from the many issues and problems young people face in life and bring along with them when engaging at ReturnMK and from the procedural requirements of local authorities."

ReturnMK works closely with the council, schools, colleges and other youth activity providers to ensure students get the best service.

They also hold fundraising events with high profile attendees including the former Mayor of Milton Keynes Sam Crooks and former MP Mark Lancaster.

ReturnMK's patron is Maisie Williams from the Pop Group Boney M, while Gee Morris Osbourne from the pop group Innocence and The Flirtations have endorsed the charity's services.

The group has plans to throw a charity event at the end of August 2020. Details of activities and how to make donations can be found on its website here .