West Bowling Schoolchildren Battle Drugs

The pupils of a Bradford Primary School are supporting their community by spreading an anti drugs message on their streets. For the past eight months the children from Newby Primary School have worked in partnership with West Yorkshire Police on various projects. These include delivering posters to shops, handing out leaflets and taking information home for their families

Inspector Darren Minton of West Yorkshire Police said today that “the school is an important ally in the drive against drugs and sending that message via the children to their homes, is quite a poignant method.

”The project in West Bowling has encouraged people to telephone the police, when they have seen people on the streets dealing drugs or have become aware of families who take drugs in the community who may need help.Bradford Council Crimestoppers, My BD5, Bradford Trident, Bradford Schools and local faith groups are all involved in supporting the police programme.

Headteacher, Mr Michael Latham said “this week is a very important one in the life of the school as we start to feed back information into the local community who have been so supportive in the anti drugs initiatives.”

The leaflets that the children are handing out are announcing the saving of money by the seizure of drugs across the community. The leaflets are also to thank the people who have anonymously phoned Crimestoppers to report the dealing of drugs within the community and have enabled the police to intervene.

Catherine Henderson has been finding out more:

Newby school project 0426pm (student) by BCB News