The last workshop of 2008 was at Fountains Mill YPC, after producing a high standard of canvas work, young people involved worked together to create a mural at the entrance of the building.

Working with the young people of West Drayton YPC we spent a sunny winter morning painting a new mural for there ever growing hall of fame. Previous murals are based on the problems associated with gun and knife crime and gangs, we decided to base this particular mural on the importance of healthy eating.

Over the half term National Grid commisioned Cancontrol to work alongside local kids from Yeading. The brief was to create a mural that will cover a set of hoardings that surrounds a work site. The site is based in the centre of a local park where holes 60 feet deep are being dug for new piping , there is also a lot of large dangerous machinery. There are many young people in the area so it was important to get the message across that the site is strictly out of bounds. 

Battling against rain and cold weather conditions everyone got stuck in and worked well as a team to produce a 30 metre long mural. The painting has three large beever characters as workmen with cracks in the wall revealing the worksite behind the hoardings. Various warning signs were also painted to enhance the dangers of entering the site.

Our team have just completed our longest workshop under taken so far in London. Shafiq Rahman of KCB asked us to deliver a 45 hour workshop session over 5 weeks. Shafiq expressed to us that he had difficulty engaging the young people of KCB in any activities and a lot of them are becoming out of control.
Over the time period everyone involved showed dedication and created some amazing canvases, t-shirts and caps, with some taking part in a final mural that now covers the entire front of the building. Shafiq was so happy with the result he invited the local paper to come down and report on this success story. He is now calling for Camden Council to fund the project in youth clubs across the borough.

We have been working alongside Hammersmith council over the last month, delivering workshops to different centres around the borough. The latest centre, Fulham Court was a real challenge, they have had constant difficulties in their sports court with graffiti for a long time. Our brief was to produce a mural in a day that would cover the main wall which was 40 metres long! After some discussions with the young residents of the estate we decided to produce 4 large sports players that were spread evenly, across the space with stars running through the background. The idea of involving the young people of the estate, will help give them some pride in the mural and will encourage them to deter others from tagging the court.