THERE is nothing for young people to do, according to a Stourport teenager who has helped produce a short film aiming to reduce anti-social behaviour and drink and drug abuse.

Sixteen-year-old Steven Preece said he and six other Stourport High School pupils had made Trapt with the aim of "putting out the word to teenagers about the consequences of anti-social behaviour and under-age drinking".

He hoped the film, which will be shown in high schools throughout the West Midlands, would spread the word that teenagers wanted something to do at weekends.

"We're hoping the video will give out that message because we're being named as thugs and hooligans and just want people to know that there's nothing for us to do out there," he said.

David Darkes, another 16-year-old member of the team, which wrote the film, acted it out and helped to produce it as part of their GCSE English coursework, said it was based on their own experiences.

"We are trying to get the message out to make the council realise that we don't want to cause trouble but want a place to go," he said.

"I've drunk too much in the past and we're trying to stop this in youngsters by letting them know it might feel good while you're doing it but the consequences aren't."

He described the film - which was launched with a showing at Stourport High on Tuesday - as "hard-hitting" and explained it started off with a group of lads, going out into town, drinking and taking drugs.

"Then the police come and we all separate and one of us gets run over and dies and that's the consequence because you lose your mate," he said.

Paul Hawkins, whose company, Pablo Productions, helped to create Trapt in a project funded by Wyre Forest Community Safety Partnership, said it was an opportunity to stimulate a debate on anti-social behaviour and its effects on young people.

"It's going to be used in schools across the entire West Midlands region, as part of the citizenship teaching programme," he said, adding feedback so far had been "extremely positive".

More information on the film, which is due to be screened at the Lighthouse Cinema in Wolverhampton next month and at the Midland Arts Centre in June, is available online at www.trapt.org.uk