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Little London Tackle it! 27 pictures

We've been running Urban Art workshops for young people in Little London, working in partnership with PAYP, Positive Futures, the Leeds Youth Service and Speak to the Streets on the Tackle It!

The Urban Art workshop involved painting a 146ft long mural around the now derelict Carlton Towers with young people on Friday nights. The tower block isnt going to get knocked down for a few years, so the mural will be up for a while. Go check it out, its next to the Rifleman pub.

“Instead of us all fighting each other it’s about time someone brought people together to make it a better place to live… It’s the best thing I’ve seen in the time I’ve lived here…and I must have lived here at least 60 years! its right nice and colourful” Clifford, aged 91years old.

Click below to see more:

1) CLICK HERE for BBC article on Tackle It! Little London. (I dont really like this article it hypes up the whole gang thing to make the story more exciting)

2) CLICK HERE for BBC article on Carlton Towers Urban Art project.

3) CLICK HERE for video on Positive Futures Tackle It! in Little London.
4) CLICK HERE to see Sam Greigs design which won a national competition run by Positive Futures.

Tshirt design by Dajion 2010
Kailume's canvas: Ride by the gun die by the it! Little London, Leeds July 2011.
Trayvon in front of If u got a brain use it! piece outside the LL shops. Big up Tray, Macc, Merald, Sav, Reece and Kailume. Leeds July 2011.
Subaru Ferrair hybrid, painted by Dajion, Darnell, Jack and Kailume, designed by Reece and Kyle. It makes about 20 people laugh a day on the drive from Leeds to Bradford...strictly badman mobile! April 2010.
Kailume's Hustler record: the harder you come, the harder you fall! Jimmy Cliff sed so. Little London, Leeds 2011.
After a talk by Naz from Consequence on what it was like to get sentenced to 9 years in prison for getting caught with 3kg of heroin. Naz talked about how it was when he heard his mother crying when the judge sentenced him when his heart sank. Up until then he didnt care and even chucked his shoe at the judge! What Kailume picked out was that no matter how much of a gangster you you are you still have feelings behind the mask of a badman. Little London, Leeds 2010.
Gradi at Little London Community day doing hand stencils on a group board that everyone had a go on. June 2009
Macca painting on a commission at Base Hair cuts in Morley. Leeds July 2011.
Savions head at the Base Hair Cuts job in Morley. The lads got paid in free hair cuts and pizza! Big up Ben on the fade! Leeds 2011.
Original Tackle It! project, running at Carlton Towers in Little London on Friday nights. Jan 2009
Darin this his finished record looking fresh. March 2010