The project "Our Lambeth, Our London" was set up by Lambeth Connexions and Lambeth Council's education and community safety unit. Local marketing agency Livity produced the resources with young people in the borough.
The shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes at Stockwell tube station in July left young people in the area bewildered, said Sam Conniff, co-founder of Livity. "There was a lot of concern from Connexions, the police and the community safety unit in Lambeth, as young people in the area don't need any more misunderstandings with the police."
Lambert Allman, assistant director at Lambeth Council's integrated youth service, said: "We are putting detached youth workers in the estate where Menezes lived so young people can express their experiences."
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