bus-station project
These pages carry reports about events and activities organised by and for young people in the Stow Hill area if you would like to contribute a feature or even get involved in editing the pages contact Helen Cooper at Echo 44 Bailey Street.
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"ON THE BUSES"
A group of young people, were concerned about the growing levels of anti-social behaviour in the town centre Bus Station and its effects on people who use the buses and their perceptions of the youth in the town.
The young people decided to
take matters into their own hands and conducted a survey of passengers
and staff who use the bus statioin an attempt to identify the problems
and what could be done about them. 
From their findings they produced a video and composed their own poem to rap. They then proposed an innovative solution that just might help to defuse matters. A soundtrack of classical music will be played constantly throughout the bus station area to hopefully reduce tensions and possibly deter some of the troublemakers who have been hanging around. Surely this must be better be better than the 'mosquito' solution which has been talked about so often recently.
To find out more contact Helen Cooper or Shannon Curley at ECHO - Telephone 243303
