The C-Red Program came to a successful end with an exciting outdoor interactive event in Wiley Park on May 30th 2008.

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For the last year, Police and the community have collaborated to trial new methods for crime prevention. Horizon Theatre was awarded funding by the Australian Government’s National Community Crime Prevention Program (NCCPP) and by the NSW Police Force, under its IMPACT (Innovative Models for Police and Community Training) Program, to run C-Red - an arts-based project that addressed crime-related issues amongst young people.

Workshops with young people from Bankstown, Canterbury and Parramatta used performing arts and puppetry to explore themes such as peer pressure, low self-esteem, bullying and discrimination. The young people also had the opportunity to produce a number of short videos spinning off from these themes.

The project also focused on positive interactions between police and young people, particularly of CALD (culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds), though not exclusively. Workshops with and for Police NSW were run to focus on how they can work through the arts to divert young people from crime and anti-social behaviour.

C-Red represented unique partnerships between Police, Department of Education and Training, local governments and non-government agencies, it is an example of the community’s attempt to engage in more pro-active and responsive strategies toward crime prevention.

The C-Red Event included a giant Labyrinth that was erected at Wiley Park Ampitheatre in which Young people, Police, Youth workers, officals and others took part in interective arts stations that touched on issues and scenarious that came out of the workshops conducted throughout the year with both Youth and Police.

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