Over 10 weeks, the 16- to 19-year-olds planned and created a poster campaign to try and convey the message that crime can only end in prison or death.
All 15 of the young men involved say they have been affected by the knife crime in their local area and wanted to reach out to other young people who may be in danger of falling into gang culture and a life of crime.
Nineteen-year-old Raj Khan, says: "After nine stabbings in the Rockingham Estate between 2009 and 2010 we wanted to do something about it. We hope this poster campaign will influence young people to put down the knives and show them that there’s a path other than crime."
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