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Liverpool Mutual Homes is sponsoring two Your Choice Conference events for 10 to 12-year-olds.

The first of the two events was held at the Bosco City Learning Centre in Croxteth and  children from Florence Melly, Gwladys Street and Hope Valley schools took part.

Your Choice is a multi-agency project pioneered on Merseyside. It works with children to tackle the issues of Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB), vandalism and juvenile crime.

It also promotes the positive aspects of personal responsibility, personal safety and citizenship.

Children learn key facts about fire, road, and rail safety and are shown how their actions  (including hoax calls) can cause real problems for the community served by the emergency services.

Each event is a fast moving and interactive, featuring 5 workshops which explore the causes and the consequences of ASB.

In a drama workshop, children act out scenes from a play called ‘Charlie’s Choice’.

There is an interactive team quiz on safety where children use remote devices. Rap musicians perform songs with messages about making the right choices, and here are tours of emergency services vehicles.

LMH Safer Estates Officer, Tracey Lowe, who took part in the event, said “The key messages that children learn during the day is that they can make personal choices and ASB will not be tolerated.

"Serious offences could even lead to their parents being evicted from their homes by LMH, or another social landlord.

“The themes of the day are very positive and we are sure the children who take part will have a better understanding of the consequences of ASB and the many plus points of being a good citizen.”

Jeanette Rainford, Safer Estates Officer for LMH, also attended the Your Choice Conference.

“These events are a fun and interactive way to put across a very serious message to our younger residents on behalf of the local Community.” said Jeanette.

“Liverpool Mutual Homes and its partner agencies are supporting initiatives like this because it helps to create a community where our residents and their families can enjoy a good quality of  life that is free from crime and anti-social behaviour."