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"Voice In The City" is a project that is educating children through the power of music, art, poetry, drama and movement to promote social justice and to encourage participants to have a voice and use it to stand up against gun, gangs and knife crime , to combat hate crime, to promote all that is good about Liverpool, to enhance community and personal wellbeing and to encourage children and young people to be positive role models within their communities.
Stage one of the project engaged over 6,000 children from the deprived areas of Croxteth and Norris Green and as a result 350 pupils came together from all 12 Schools within these wards to form a Choir and record a CD called “You’re The Voice”, which was released in September, 2009. They took their message to Government Ministers at the House of Commons and performed the song to the Minister of State and Policing David Hanson MP. The children performed in front of approximately 100,000 people at venues such as The Echo Arena, Anfield and Everton football grounds, COBALT’s annual tenants conference and the Anthony Walker festival. Participation in these events had a significant impact on all those involved and the memories they took from this will last a lifetime.
Harnessing the power of music, art, poetry, drama and movement to promote social
justice and encourage young people to have a voice against guns, gangs, knife crime
and hate crime is innovative and thought provoking.
Merseyside Police are committed to tackling such criminality and recognise
the benefits of engaging young people in activities that leave a lasting
positive impression. We are pleased to support the work of 'Voice in the
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Police Chief Constable Jon Murphy
“I am delighted to support Voice in the City and the work that the project is doing
with schools and communities in Liverpool. It is an important initiative and has
made a very positive impact and difference to the lives of young people, particularly
in the north of the city.
Music has the unique ability to unite people and bring them together behind common values. Voice in the City is a remarkable example of this in action.”
Max Steinberg, Chief Executive, Liverpool Vision
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