Faces of ten young people to be beamed onto Manchester's landmark buildings

The faces of ten young people who have been helped by Manchester Youth Zone during the last decade are to shine out on landmark buildings and advertising spaces across the city.

The Harpurphey -based project is celebrating its tenth year this month - and to mark the milestone they intend to make the young people themselves 'the stars of the show'. They have worked with local photographer Jody Hartley and creative agency Typocom to create the 10 in 10 campaign, featuring ten young people who have benefitted from joining.

The campaign launched in May at Axis Tower on Deansgate, the 28 storey residential skyscraper owned by Property Alliance Group which is unmissable to thousands of people, and which will feature the 10 in 10 portraits on its digital advertising space. The ten young people included in the campaign range from aged 10 to 26 years of age, all of whom have very different stories on how MYZ has helped them reach where they are today.

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They include Clayton Davison, 20, who regularly visited the Youth Zone and made it his second home. Growing up with peers who were involved in anti-social behaviour Clayton worked with youth workers at Manchester Youth Zone (MYZ) to create a different path for himself.

Clayton says ‘I gradually turned a corner and was able to manage my anger and not allow it to get in the way of my future’. He focussed on his football skills, often taking the younger kids under his wing and helping them improve.

MYZ enabled Clayton to undertake coaching awards and now Clayton is a coach with City in the Community and comes back as a worker coaching football on the 3G pitch. Of the youth workers that never excluded