Youngsters add colour to handbook

Published July 29, 2010.

A new handbook for council tenants in Durham city will feature the work of seven budding young artists.

Durham City Homes has recruited the help of local youngsters to add some colour to its new tenant’s handbook.

Children at schools and Sure Start centres in the city were challenged to come up with a design for the front cover and inside pages of the publication.

More than 70 entries were submitted but members of the organisation’s board and tenants’ panel have chosen six winning designs.

The winners were Dominic Ross, Harry Dowding and Elizabeth Griffiths, all 11, from Kelloe Primary School; Niall Fingleton, also 11, from Laurel Avenue Primary School; Kristian Ghiotti, 4, from Ushaw Moor Sure Start; and Harley Pallas, 2, and Archie Owens, 1, from Brandon Sure Start, who submitted a joint entry.

The youngsters were each awarded a £25 shopping voucher during a special presentation event at Durham Town Hall.

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