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Telling it like it is - Award winners promote anti gang message to peers

2009 award winners GGP in OT have an anti guns and gangs message to tell, loud and clear. Last week group members Fabien, Marvin, Marvin and Markus travelled from Old Trafford to Nottingham to deliver workshops to two youth projects in the area.

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Where are they now? ChatBack Productions

Philip Lawrence Award winners ChatBack Productions are in the news again with their latest project - a film called ‘Handle with Care’. Local comedian and soap star Josie Lawrence has joined the group of young people to star in the film which is currently being filmed in Dudley.

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PLAnet launches

In the plush surroundings of BAFTA we’re not only announcing the news of this year’s brilliant award winners, but also launching PLAnet – a brand new dimension to the Philip Lawrence Awards.

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Young people unfairly demonised by adults

Research launched today shows two thirds of adults in Britain overestimate the number of young people involved in crime. Furthermore, one in 10 of the adults questioned over-estimated youth crime by a staggering eight times, effectively labelling two in every five teenagers a criminal. In reality just 5.7 per cent of young people are involved in crime

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Flava add their support to the 2009 Philip Lawrence Awards

Flava dance crew, from TV’s ‘Britain’s Got Talent’, has joined forces with The Philip Lawrence Awards. The young dancers were invited by Frances Lawrence to be part of the new team that will deliver the 2009 Awards during Flava’s ‘b-inspired’ tour of schools in Newham, London.

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