YOUNG people have left their mark at Dines Green Community Centre in an explosion of colour.

Under the eye of a local graffiti expert, known as Mark, young people aged 11 to 16 spray-painted their names all over a room at the centre.

"Mark has worked with the young people individually to write their names in different ways and put them up on the walls," said Sian Gray, community development worker at Dines Green.

"The names overlap and it is really colourful."

Around 40 members of the Streets Ahead group have been working on the project on an off over the last nine months.

The project has been organised with Worcester Action For Youth, (WAY), which arranges activities for youth centres across the city.

"Mark educates the young people as well as developing their creativity," said Lisa Whittaker of WAY.

"He educated them about the legality and where they can and cannot do graffiti."

"We are just finishing the project at Dines Green. There is another up and running at Warndon Community Centre and we shall be starting another at Perdiswell Young People's Club which is a catchment area for other centres."