Six thousand pupils from schools in Croxteth and Norris Green, two neighbourhoods affected by the murder of 11 year-old Rhys Jones last year, have taken part in the You're the Voice project, co-ordinated by local singer and former Stars in Their Eyes contestant Liam Moore. Each school in the area has put forward 25 children to record the single.
The project is funded by the city's gun crime prevention partnership Disarm.
Marilyn Fielding, executive member for Safer, Stronger Communities, said: "This is a really inspiring project which sends out a strong message to the tiny minority of people who use weapons and violence that their behaviour will not be tolerated."
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