The Act Together initiative saw seven schools develop dance and drama workshops in one of seven topics - racism, gangs, drugs, alcohol, vandalism and graffiti, bullying, and antisocial behaviour - raised by young people in a Liverpool City Council survey about teenagers' feelings of safety.
Act Together is run by City-safe, Liverpool's crime and disorder reduction partnership.
Colin Hilton, chief executive of Liverpool City Council and chair of Citysafe, presented prizes to all the young people involved in the project yesterday (8 July), along with Merseyside Police assistant chief constable Simon Byrne.
Liberal Democrat councillor Marilyn Fielding, Liverpool's lead member for safer, stronger communities, said: "So far, these workshops have proved to be extremely popular.
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