Music Comp

Two lucky youngsters won MP3 players and other goodies in a poster competition run by NEW PROGRESS HOUSING ASSOCIATION.

Beth Barnard and Savannah Rae, both year 10 pupils at Southlands High School, designed the winning poster to warn people about the consequences of behaving anti-socially.

Over the past year, pupils at the school have been learning about criminal damage and anti-social behaviour as part of their Citizenship studies at a special series of workshops run by New Progress.

The workshops have been designed by the Housing Association's Tenancy Enforcement Team in partnership with teachers to help students understand the challenges facing them once they leave home. They cover topics such as budgeting, rent arrears, dealing with anti-social behaviour, and living responsibly in the community.

The poster competition marked the end of the course and the winning entry will now be framed and displayed in the organisation's Head Office in Leyland.

Says Alison Morton, Tenancy Enforcement Manager at New Progress Housing Association:

'This has been a great ending to a really productive year working with the school. The workshops have been a fantastic success and have generated a lot of national interest. It's great to see the participants being rewarded for all their hard work and we are extremely proud that we are able to display the winning entry in our office.'

Chair of New Progress Tenants' Forum and Liverpool Magistrate, Mr Frank McKenna JP, judged the winning entry. Jade Keay and Luke Gibson won second place with third place won by Callum Seymour and Michael Ryding.

The course has proved so popular that it has been held up as a national example of best practice and has sparked a number of similar initiatives at schools across the country.

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