Hull youth helps Africa

Two pop music gigs organised by young people at The Warren youth centre have raised £820 to help build a school in Africa.

The first gig, at Hull City Hall in December last year, featured local bands including The Paddingtons, Gullnaz, and Someone and the Somethings, and was attended by more than 2,000 young people (pictured right and above right).
They also held a smaller gig at the Adelphi club, De Grey Street, which also featured local bands.
The money will go towards building the school - in memory of Victoria Climbie, the eight-year-old child who died in London in 2000 as a result of hypothermia and malnutrition caused by abuse and neglect. It will be built in her home town in the Ivory Coast.
The cheque for the school was received on behalf of the Victoria Climbie Foundation by Nigel Richardson, director of children and young people's services at Hull City Council.
He was seconded to work on the inquiry into Victoria's death as a social care adviser alongside Lord Laming, the nation's former chief inspector of social services.
Meanwhile, about 15 young people at The Warren, in Queens Dock Avenue, city centre, are taking part in a project to renovate a Land Rover to send to the school.
The project is being run in conjunction with BUMPS (the Bransholme Urban Motor Project) – a go-karting centre for young people on Noddle Hill, and the council's children and young people's services.
Building the Land Rover, which will be used as a school bus, will enable the young people to gain a qualification in motor mechanics from the Open College Network.

For more details contact The Warren on Hull 218115